Quotes About Authority

Power wasn't a matter of job titles, after all. Power was a matter of vision, persuasiveness, freedom of movement, fame, influence. The figurehead stands at the front, after all, pointing the way.

The state monopoly on violence had probably been a good idea while it lasted, but no one could believe it would ever come back.

If our government tries to back the banks instead of us, then we elect a different government. We pretend that democracy is real, and that will make it real.

Lyall felt he could not say which of two things was harder to put up with, the Abbot's conversational style, with its bland coherence and assumption of severely limited cogitative powers in the hearer, or his recurrent look of pleased surprise as each fresh piece of evidence of his wisdom or moral worth turned up, but between them they were likely to implant in certain minds a hardy seed of revolt.

When you deal with naked power from an inferior position, perspectives get distorted.

The mind must have the final say and sway over the body and not the other way round

Resistance to innovation is clearly demonstrated, not by the ignorant masses, but by professionals with a vested interest in tradition and the monopoly of learning.

Well maybe we need to Cesar Millan their asses and show them who's boss. Tsst, tsst!

Yo, Dekko, who do I gotta blow around here to get a shower?

I'll begin with the most basic. What are you?" "Pussy Cat Doll?" she asked, immediately doing a slow headshake at his look. "Judge, jury and executioner." He scowled. Her eyes lit up. "Transient! What? Really. No? Babe in Toyland?

The greatest thing about having power is the mere having of power. Use the latter well, and you'll never have to use the former. Morgana, Queen of the Sorceri

The Empress doesn't get collared, or caged, or tortured.

The Empress doesn't get collared, or caged, or tortured. How artfully she beckons, how perfectly she punishes....

Remember my titles? I don't get poisoned,I do the poisoning.I'm the princess of it.

Power is where you find it, where you seize it, how you wield it.

I've learned I need to consult you in matters, lest you decapitate me.

Ya sptryu na to shto prenodlezhit mne.

The Prince of Shadow is no longer a prince, dear. He's as good as king of this realm.

I'lll command you, but you'll rule me.

The greatest thing about having power is the mere having of power. Use the latter well, and you'll never have to use the former.

Even as he wanted to master her, he hated the idea of her as acquiescent. He needed her to struggle against him, to give as good as she got. He craved power plays between them, mental games. But ultimately he did want to dominate her.

I've learned I need to consult you in matters, lest you decapitate me.

You're not going to get me to wear a seat belt." At her look, he said, "Imagine the oldest, most stubborn, most cantankerous dog ever to live. He'd learn new tricks better than me.

Audacity made kings, and it was time to reclaim his crown.