Quotes About Authority

I am First of the Magi. I am the last authority and I say . . . I am righteous.' 'You? No.' 'Yes, Ferro. Power makes all things right. That is my first law, and my last. That is the only law that I acknowledge.

Being in charge can seem like a thing iron-forged, but in the end it's just an idea everyone agrees to.

He had discovered early in his military career that if one has an effective and experienced officer above, coupled with effective and experienced soldiers below, one need do, and know, nothing.

Strong leaders might like it when someone brings 'em a better idea, but weak ones never do.

Seems giving little men big men's shoes doesn't make 'em big. Just makes 'em trip over.

Because the vast majority of men would far rather be told what to do than make their own choices. Obedience is easy.

I am sure you understand that a reputation for ruthlessness can be useful. A great ruler, especially one of as wide and various a country as Gurkhul, must first be feared. He would desire to be loved also, but that is a luxury. Fear is essential. Whatever you may have heard, Uthman is neither a man of peace, nor of war. He is a man of… what would be your word? Necessity. He is a man of the right tool at the right time.

An excessive and a brutal act, but better to act with too much force than too little. Better to be held in fear, than in contempt... There is no place for sentiment in politics.

And loyalty? A trick those with power played on those without to make them act against their own interests.

The tree is only as strong as its roots, and knowledge is the root of power.

Chief without soldiers is just a very lonely man in a big bloody field

Kings needs cool tempers.

We are leaders. War is what happens when we fail.

The door beside him opened sharply and Glokta snapped his head round, doing his best to hide a grimace as his neck bones crunched. Lord Ingelstad stood

He blinked at her. "How do I tell who the ringleaders are?" "They'll be the ones you're pointing at.

Your Majesty, we are not here to set right all the world's wrongs.' Orso stared back at him. 'What are we here for, then?' Bayaz neither smiled nor frowned. 'To ensure that we benefit from them.

Last Argument of Kings." Inscribed on his cannons by Louis XIV

In the end, no matter what they say, most folk want a path to follow. Someone to tell 'em it'll all be fine. Someone to tell 'em what to do.

If the Great Change had proved anything, it was that—with enough force, with enough fear—one could bend them into whatever knots one pleased.

The greatest responsibility of a commander was not to command, but to look like he knew how to.

Besides, it somehow helped to imagine that the orders came from somewhere else, somewhere unknowable and irresistible. It was nice to have an attic in which to stack the blame. Friendly

Primero nos lo hacen a nosotros, luego nosotros se lo hacemos a los demás y finalmente ordenamos a otros que lo hagan

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