Quotes About Authority

But he's the king!

The only power he has is what you give him. Ginny to Michael

Power with conditions was no power

Mr Gandhi thought)...The parliament system was too slow at times unproductive , and it never gave a free hand to the person at the top....

No, no, Mr. Dade, this is my ride now. I make the rules.

but rules are made to be broken.

One who is Master of himself is always a King, if only to himself.

The generals commanded the colonels and the colonels commanded the majors and the majors commanded the captains and the captains commanded the private, who marched with an air of proud importance because it required so many officers to give him his orders.

The throne belongs to whoever is able to take it.

As these two officials took their places, Dorothy asked: Why is the colander the High Priest? He's the holiest thing we have in the kingdom, replied King Kleaver. Except me, said a sieve. I'm the whole thing when it comes to holes.

Nails and nuggets! roared the King; how dare you bring that beast here and enter my presence unannounced? There wasn't anybody to announce me, replied Betsy. I guess your folks were all busy. Are you conquered yet? No! shouted the King, almost beside himself with rage.

he didn't care who ran the universe—he'd break whatever rules it suited him to disobey in any case, whoever was in charge—

Making a film transforms your relationship to the world. And there's some sort of natural authority that builds up along the way.

The small Hitlers are around us every day.

It may come as a surprise to some academics, but there is a marked relationship between economic power and political power.

Ninety percent of the students take the 'preferred lender.' Why? Because that's the nature of the relationship. You trust the school. The school is in a position of authority.

Whoever needs the relationship less has all the power.

Once a ruler becomes religious, it becomes impossible for you to debate with him. Once someone rules in the name of religion, your lives become hell.

He is a weak ruler who needs religion to uphold his government; it is as if he would catch his people in a trap.

Morality is doing what is right, no matter what you are told. Religion is doing what you are told, no matter what is right.

We must move as quickly as possible to a one-world government; a one-world religion; under a one world leader.

There's a big difference between kneeling down and bending over.

Civilization will not attain to its perfection until the last stone from the last church falls on the last priest.

I am surrounded by priests who repeat incessantly that their kingdom is not of this world, and yet they lay their hands on everything they can get.