Quotes About Authority

The great inlet by which a colour for oppression has entered into the world is by one man's pretending to determine concerning the happiness of another.

The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.

Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.

Kings will be tyrants by policy when subjects are rebels from principle.

The mad can make their own laws.

the masters, robed, gowned, their attitudes varying from indulgent ennui to virtual coma.

What's more, I don't believe any policeman uses words like "antonym". I don't believe you're a policeman at all.

Ill can he rule the great, that cannot reach the small.

You know how women are, specially ' bout cops. Guns and badges are babe magnets.

Of thy word unspoken thou art master; thy spoken word is master of thee.

nuestra orfandad de líderes competentes"

Y como Rita no es tonta aplica aquella de más vale cabeza de ratón que cola de león, y en consecuencia cría éste ratón en el que las empleadas y sus sobrinas somos un cuerpo más o menos obediente o, por lo menos, susceptibles a sus censura.

If guns are outlawed, only the government will have guns. Only the police, the secret police, the military, the hired servants of our rulers. Only the government --and a few outlaws. I intend to be among the outlaws

There is no situation so bad that the cops can't make it worse.

Money attracts because it gives us the means to command the labor and service and finally the lives of others--human or otherwise.

Hierarchical institutions are like giant bulldozers-- obedient to the whim of any fool who takes the controls.

When guns are outlawed, only the Government will have guns. The Government - and a few outlaws. If that happens, you can count me among the outlaws.

All governments need enemies. How else to justify their existence?

I am against all forms of government, including good government.

Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best.

Where're your papers?" "My what?" "Your I.D. -- draft card, social security, driver's license." "Don't have none. Don't need none. I already know who I am.

It seems that the U.S. Government—what country is that?—has got another war going somewhere, I forget exactly where, on another continent as usual, and they want Waterman to go over there and fight for them. For IT, I mean—when did a government ever consist of human beings?

A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.

Anarchism is founded on the observation that since few men are wise enough to rule themselves, even fewer are wise enough to rule others.