Quotes About Authority

The canon without the creed will not serve to protect the church against perversion of the Gospel, and neither will the creed without the canon.

realizing you're not king can be the first step toward getting some real power.

So if the conscious mind isn't in control, what is in control?

Rousseau pounced. Men who dislike cats were tyrannical: "They do not like cats because the cat is free and will never consent to become a slave.

Se imaginaban nuevamente en un desmesurado salón de muros encristalados cuyo centro lo ocupaba una mesa redonda. Sus cuatro secretarios con papeles en las manos y las plumas tras de la oreja se acercaban a consultarle, mientras que en un rincón, con los sombreros en las manos, inclinadas las cabezas canosas, estaban los delegados de los obreros. Y Erdosain volviéndose hacia ellos les decía simplemente: «O mañana vuelven al trabajo o los fusilaremos».

Quando l'uomo con la pistola incontra l'uomo con la biro, l'uomo con la pistola è morto.

sandanista or somocista the police is always the police

ter uma idéia do mundo, de certa maneira, é coisa fácil, todo o mundo tem, geralmente uma idéia circunscrita à sua aldeia, limitada ao torrão, às coisas tangíveis e medíocres que cada um tem diante dos olhos, e essa idéia do mundo, mesquinha, limitada, cheia de sebo familiar, costuma sobreviver e adquirir, com o passar do tempo, autoridade e eloqüência.

According to Dieter Hellfeld, a member of the Swedish Academy

no importarían las "credenciales democráticas" del intérprete si cualquiera de nosotros tendiera a leer el derecho del mismo modo.

Photographs of the event show the grim-faced German officers creaking their way across the windy heath in their long leather overcoats, escorted by mild-looking British counterparts who seem like bank managers in uniform.

Diplomacy is the velvet glove that cloaks the fist of power.

People are intimidated by a man who acts with no apparent regard for consequences. Behave as if you cannot be touched and no one will dare to touch you.

Cats talk to whomever they please.

I am the King's Fool. He is the King-In-Wating. Let him wait.

A wise old man taught me that diplomacy is the velvet glove that cloaks the fist of power. Persuasion, not force, works best and lasts longest.

There would always be dishonorable things done to preserve the honor of any power.

for so long I'd been told what the rules were that I couldn't see they were just rules made by men. And if men can make rules, then other men can change them.

Oh, the power that lurks in the naming of names.

As you will, King Fitz.

Young as I was, I still wondered what kind of man this was who, with one leg bandaged, could quell a room full of rough men with a look or a word.

It's a poor teacher who tries to instruct by blows and threats.

He has other soldiers, more capable than I." "Does that free you from your promise?" "You argue like a priest.

Um homem armado com a palavra certa pode fazer o que um exército de espadachins não pode.