Quotes About Authority

In the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king.

I am a leader by default, only because nature does not allow a vacuum.

gran control tecnológico ejercido sobre la población en desplazamientos e información es aceptado por la influencia confuciana

Yayati exploits the rule for his own benefit whereas Dashratha enforces the rule so that royal integrity is never questioned. The rule (obey the father) evokes dharma in Dashratha's case, but not so in Yayati's.

the law clearly stated that a man with a physical defect could not be king.

In the karmic worldview, you are queer because of karma, and it may be a boon or curse. In the one-life worldview, you are queer because you choose to be so, to express your individuality or to defy authority (Greek mythology) or God/Devil wills it so (biblical mythology).

Though nobleman, he can never be king. Though cowherd, he can always lead.

To build a business, we need decision-makers and decision-followers. He who takes decisions is the karta. He who follows decisions is called a karya-karta.

A yajaman is a karta too; but all kartas are not yajamans.

Despite being given the freedom to take decisions, Narad chooses to stay karya-karta, follow decisions rather than take them, as he is too afraid of the consequences. Garud, on the other hand, anticipates the needs of Vishnu, decides to enquire voluntarily and is thus a karta. Vishnu who allows Garud to be a karta is a yajaman.

The Gita we overhear is essentially that which is narrated by a man with no authority but infinite sight (Sanjaya) to a man with no sight but full authority (Dhritarashtra). This peculiar structure of the narrative draws attention to the vast gap between what is told (gyana) and what is heard (vi-gyana).

Everyone looks at the karta for a decision despite data being unreliable, the future being uncertain, and outcomes that are unpredictable. Not everyone can do it. He who is able to make decisions independently is the karta. He who allows others to do so is the yajaman.

With my great power and outstretched arm I made the earth and its people and the animals that are on it, and I give it to anyone I please. —Jeremiah 27:5

he won't let us use a dictionary. How's

Bren MacGuff: Well, honey, doctors are sadists who like to play God and watch lesser people scream...

Almost anyone can bear adversity…but if you want to reveal someone's true character, give them power.

I swore an oath before the altar of God to protect this woman. And if you're tellin' me that ye consider your own authority to be greater than that of the Almighty, then I must inform ye that I'm not of that opinion, myself.

They stared at each other and then, at last, Kai closed his eyes and nodded his head, just once. The estates would always win.

He's a politician. Aren't they psychopaths by definition?" Lorraine asked. "Everything for them is about power

You've no right to walk into people's castles and take their guitars.

I make that four horses and ten men just to get rid of one old woman. What did you do to the King?

The honest truth is that if this government were to propose the massacre of the first-born, it would still have no difficulty in getting it through the Commons.

Religion seems to have twisted the idea of God into a way to control people.

I haven't prescribed the birth control pill yet and I won't be starting today without getting approval from the man of the house.