Quotes About Authority

We know that those who challenge the status quo and do so with both conviction and charisma are at risk of being killed.

It reminds the whole community that leadership is rooted not in power and authority, but in service and wisdom.

Like the maple, leaders are the first to offer their gifts." It reminds the whole community that leadership is rooted not in power and authority, but in service and wisdom.

leadership is rooted not in power and authority, but in service and wisdom.

It's significantly more satisfying to kick a wall than it is to kick thin air. For the rebellious teen- or the teen who wants to feel like a rebel- a clearly defined law gives you something to define yourself against.

The only thing more dangerous than a willingness to ignore the Law is an ability to change it.

One of the greatest tragedies of growing up is the discovery that your parents- and your teachers, and your sports heroes, and your favorite actors, singers, YouTube sensations- are fallible. Adults don't know all, and what they do know, they often won't tell you- because they've got their own agendas, or because they want to shield you from the hard truths "for your own good." Adults lie, they betray, they screw up in every way possible...

The women are in charge, my brother. We don't have to like it, but it's the law.

Is he a renegade, works best by himself, alienates those in authority? Actually, that would be you, dear. True

There was her life in a nutshell.  Beau was asked.  And Mandy wasn't.  Mandy was never asked, she was told.  And like the good girl she was raised to be, Mandy always complied. 

Hamilton also knew that the government needed a police force to ensure that the two elected branches, the legislature and the executive, did not overstep their bounds in an effort to hang onto power.

Taking you to the shower. Me Tarzan, You Jane. Do as I say.

Losing control and you taking it from me are two different things, Sara. You won't ever take it from me.

I don't care what anyone thinks. I only care about the law. I only care about the constitution.

if you ask me, law leads to order, not necessarily justice.

Dove parlano tamburi, tacciono le leggi. Where drums beat, laws are silent. An

You can't go! You're my husband, not my principal.

Those guys are power trippers of the first order. That's why Donald Trump is the way he is. It's not the money, it's the ownership of the planet.

There's not many lawyers who could kill a cop, then kick ass in court the next day.

Where drums beat, laws are silent.

Model communes are the ones where the leaders lie the best and the biggest.

Give a low man one ounce of power and he'll throw ten thousand pounds of bricks on your head.

First you were the kid, no one taking you seriously. And then, all of a sudden, people much younger were in positions of authority, and you were supposed to listen to them. It was truly weird.

Det är inte många, fortsatte han högmodigt, som förstår hur makt ska brukas. Och inte många som vågar bruka den när de blir erbjudna den.