Quotes About Authority

A powerful, victorious ally is yet another name for master.

If we must have an enemy at the head of government, let it be one whom we can oppose, and for whom we are not responsible.

Vigor of government is essential to the security of liberty.

Here, sir, the people govern; here they act by their immediate representatives.

If we let the men talk about them and decide them, then suddenly we wake up and find out that the men have made all the decisions, and these decisions all suit men.

The trouble with this country...is that we are utterly surrounded by busybodies trying to stop us doing things. Or telling us what to do...Big Brother, with his ubiquitous closed-circuit cameras-which now monitored, it seemed, every square inch of public space-and his condescending imprecations and warnings, was everywhere...In his view, it was up to the individual whether or not to approach a cliff edge; it was not the Government's business.

Putting Mr. Polopetsi in charge of the investigation is like putting a rabbit in charge of the airport.

We do not talk about wise men or wise ladies any more, she reflected; their place had been taken, it seemed, by all sorts of shallow people—actors and the like—who were only too ready to pronounce on all sorts of subjects.

Down below, amongst children, ice cream and chocolate are the bargaining chips supreme, as powerful as money and military force are amongst adults.

They were also shoes that would give the wearer confidence: a person could speak with authority in such shoes.

But then she reminded herself that there were plenty of people who were afraid of the police, even if they had clear consciences. These were people who had been the victims of bullying when young--bullying by severe teachers, by stronger children; there were so many ways in which people could be crushed. Such people might feat the police in the same way in which they feared all authority.

He took to wearing a Greek merchant navy captain's cap, and spending his mornings at the marina telling the staff what to do. "Sure thing, Captain Eddie," they replied. But they never did what he asked them to do, and Eddie never noticed. So everybody was content.

That's the trouble with teachers—they spend a lot of their time saying things. If they said fewer things—hardly anything—then people would listen to them. But they don't.

And then," continued the clerk, "they send those students out at the end of their course and say, 'Go off and use those big words and long sentences to get all the good, high-paying jobs. And once you're in those jobs, always remember to use long sentences to protect your position. If you use long sentences, nobody will dare remove you. That is an important rule that we have worked out.' That is what they say, Mma—I have heard it on very good authority.

He wondered why he had ignored parental advice, and decided that it was because it was parental – that was why.

It was a voice that you felt you had to listen to—or you ignored at your peril.

A society that undermined its teachers and their authority only dug away at its own sure foundations.

nemo dat quod non habet.

Matrons ran hospitals. There may have been doctors around, and some of these doctors may have been allowed to use titles that suggested that they were in charge, but everyone knew that the person doing the real work of running the hospital was Matron.

Of course," said Mma Ramotswe. "It is very important for a matron to be traditionally built. It adds authority.

In spite of her limited stature, Mma Pula-Pula had about her a strong confident air of authority. But it was not authority of the sort that one would encounter in a school principal or a magistrate or somebody of that sort: this was the authority of the bully.

That was what academic freedom was all about, Herr Huber thought. It was the freedom to do what one liked and not be challenged by people lower down the pecking order who did not like what you did.

Whoever the priest is, he is called Father.

S?radan, küçük bir kâtiptir, menzil bekçisi oldu mu diktatör kesilir. - Prens Viyazemski