Quotes About Authority

Suspense was an excellent tool for keeping powerful people off balance. It gave one bargaining power.

As it was with dragons, so it is with queens. A careless word or deed could have severe consequences. Inside

Men it is who think they can rule others' lives but have no bonds to them.

The welfare of the people belongs to the people, and they have the right to object if their duke stewards it poorly.

Horns not grown, he swings his head in warning and still all take heed.

No man becomes a pirate because he wants to be ruled by another.

He said nothing to any of them, and they knew better than to speak to the captain when he stood thus, deep in thought. He had a problem. He'd settle it without help from any of them. That was what captains did.

Is there anything more chilling than looking at a righteous fifteen-year-old and realizing he has the power to unravel your entire life?

One part braggart to one part coward. He would fear everyone he did not control. And the next day he would fear those he controlled even more.

a man who bears himself with authority will often have authority ceded to him.

Suspense was an excellent tool for keeping powerful people off balance.

One can only rule what one knows.

He would fear everyone he did not control. And the next day he would fear those he controlled even more.

Men it is who think they can rule others' lives, but have no bonds to them. Do you think that to bond or not to bond is for you alone to decide? My heart is my own. I give it where I will. I will not give it to one who thrusts me aside. Nor will I obey one who denies pack and bond.

Because, despite all the work, I like being in control of my own life.

Jovem como eu era, perguntava-me que espécie de homem era este que, com uma perna enfaixada, conseguia impor respeito a um recinto cheio de homens durões, com apenas um olhar ou uma palavra.

You cannot claim that authority one moment, and then shoulder aside from it the next. Crowns cannot be doffed so lightly.

Your ability to choose became your superpower.

In the pit of her stomach she realized that everything she raged against on Saturday night-- the restrictions, rules, and guidelines-- was born of an ancient fervor. Every rule ever established, from the beginning of time, invited mutiny.

IF YOU DON'T STOP KICKING THAT DESK THERE IS GOING TO BE A HOLE IN THE WINDOW PANE EXACTLY YOUR SIZE AND SHAPE IN THE NEXT THREE SECONDS!

How can this be so? How has it come to this, that all the Lords of England have embraced evil so fervently that they would execute one Lady so that her husband might marry another? It might be said that Henry is no ordinary husband. He is the King. The Sun. A God on earth. But I have known him, and the truth of it is Henry is a man, no more no less, placed upon the throne by other men, thro war and bloodshed and the love of power.

You are attempting to be logical, I suspect, and logic has little to do with government, and nothing at all to do with military administration.

Who was it you feared? Trace it, trace the fearing to a source. Not the mid-management collaborators, remember. Not those who only obey orders; just because the responsibility is everywhere doesn't mean that it's not somewhere. Trace it further, as far as you can. Scrutinize those in power behind the fear. Visualize them. There. Are women in the picture?

When evidence reached Joffre's ears that the men were complaining, that untenable positions were being given up or that attacks were not being pressed home with their former élan, his answer was not to question Nivelle or his own methods, but to call for courts martial and firing squads.