Quotes About Authority

You can have no dominion greater or less than that over yourself.

He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.

He who in reasoning cites authority is making use of his memory rather than of his intellect.

Oricine îÅŸi susÈ›ine un argument prin apelarea la o autoritate nu îÅŸi foloseÅŸte inteligenÈ›a; el îÅŸi utilizeaz? doar memoria.

Anyone who in discussion quotes authority uses his memory rather than his intellect.

There's nothing more political than epistemological struggles.

The moral of the tale is this: whoever allows himself to be whipped, deserves to be whipped.

Be then my slave, and know what it means to be delivered into the hands of a woman.

In emphasizing God's love over his holiness--his set-apartness as a sovereign, omniscient authority--we end up believing that his central concern is our individual happiness.

It is better to be feared than loved.

When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.' 'The question is,' said Alice, 'whether you can make words mean so many different things.' 'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master — that's all.

Rule Forty-two. All persons more than a mile high to leave the court.

Speak roughly to your little boy and beat him when he sneezes! he only does it to annoy, because he knows it teases!

Sentence first; verdict afterwards. -Queen of Hearts

The question is, which is to be master? That's all. They've a temper, some of them. Particularly verbs. Oh, they're the proudest! Adjectives, eh, you can do anything with, but not verbs however.

I maintain that any writer of a book is fully authorised in attaching any meaning he likes to a word or phrase he intends to use. If I find an author saying, at the beginning of his book, Let it be understood that by the word 'black' I shall always mean 'white,' and by the word 'white' I shall always mean 'black,' I meekly accept his ruling, however injudicious I think it.

Who cares for you? You're nothing but a pack of cards!

What do you know about this business?' the King said to Alice. 'Nothing,' said Alice. 'Nothing whatever?' persisted the King. 'Nothing whatever,' said Alice. 'That's very important,' the King said, turning to the jury. They were just beginning

The Queen turned crimson with fury, and, after glaring at her for a moment like a wild beast, screamed 'Off with her head! Off—' 'Nonsense!' said Alice, very loudly and decidedly, and the Queen was silent.

know better'; and this Alice would not allow without knowing how old it was, and, as the Lory positively refused to tell its age, there was no more to be said. At last the Mouse, who seemed to be a person of authority among them, called out, 'Sit down, all of you, and listen to me! I'LL soon make

I don't want to be anybody's prisoner. I want to be a Queen.

I've a right to think, said Alice sharply. Just about as much right, said the Duchess, as pigs have to fly. ~ Lewis Carroll: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 1865 ~

I warn you, dear child. If I lose my temper, you lose your head. Understand?

It is wrong from beginning to end,' said the Caterpillar decidedly, and there was silence for some minutes.