Quotes About Authority

Bureaucracy, as Hannah Arendt defined it: the rule of nobody. Roll

For Catch-22 is the unwritten law which empowers the authorities to revoke your rights whenever it suits their cruel whims; it is, in short, the principle of absolute evil in a malevolent, mechanical, and incompetent world.

Yossarian nodded and listened to Milo tell him that the decent thing to do if he did not like the way Colonel Cathcart and Colonel Korn were running the group was to go to Russia, instead of stirring up trouble. Yossarian refrained from pointing out that Colonel Cathcart, Colonel Korn, and Milo could all go to Russia if they did not like the way he was stirring up trouble.

You're the new squadron commander,' Colonel Cathcart had shouted rudely across the railroad ditch to him. 'But don't think it means anything, because it doesn't. All it means is that you're the new squadron commander.

Ba nu e deloc piciorul tau! replica sora Cramer.Acest picior apartine guvernului SUA.

Metcalf, is that your foot I'm stepping on?' 'No, sir. It must be Lieutenant Scheisskopf's foot.' 'It isn't my foot,' said Lieutenant Scheisskopf. 'Then maybe it is my foot after all,' said Major Metcalf. 'Move it.' 'Yes, sir. You'll have to move your foot first, colonel. It's on top of mine.' 'Are you telling me to move my foot?' 'No, sir. Oh, no, sir.

Just about all he could find in its favor was that it paid well and liberated children from the pernicious influence of their parents.

Gimme eat, I said," he ordered loudly in harsh tones that rumbled ominously through the silent tent like claps of distant thunder.

Each morning they came around, three brisk and serious men with efficient mouths and inefficient eyes...

Under Colonel Korn's rule, the only people permitted to ask questions were those who never did.

For Catch-22 is the unwritten law which empowers the authorities to revoke your rights whenever it suits their cruel whims;

Suponho que não vão enviar um louco para a morte? – Então, quem iria?

Nobody is sure anymore who really runs the company (not even the people who are credited with running it), but the company does run.

But that doesn't seem to matter; all that does matter is that the information comes from a reputable source.

It's a pretty satisfying experience, pulling rank. You ought to try it sometime.

the colonel surged to his feet like a gigantic belch

First, it is crucial to recognize that Washington's extraordinary reputation rested less on his prudent exercise of power than on his dramatic flair at surrendering it. He was, in fact, a veritable virtuoso of exits.

For Adams it was especially distressing to witness such conspicuous failure "in the first formation of Government erected by the People themselves on their own Authority, without the poisonous Interposition of Kings and Priests." There was, to be sure, such a thing as "The Cause," but the glorious potency of that concept did not translate to "The People of the United States."16

It is uncommon for the same men who make a revolution also to secure it.

He found himself in the ironic position of being the indispensable man in a political world that regarded all leaders as disposable.

Instead of citing scientific studies to justify mandates for masks, lockdowns, and vaccines, our medical rulers cite WHO, CDC, FDA, and NIH—captive agencies that are groveling sock puppets to the industries they regulate. Multiple federal and international investigations have documented the financial entanglements with pharmaceutical companies that have made these regulators cesspools of corruption.

Be still, be quiet, I am in control, you must obey me, you are subject to my command, you cannot intrude where you do not belong."   It

Whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. MARK 11:23.

Be still, be quiet, I am in control, you must obey me, you are subject to my command, you cannot intrude where you do not belong.