Quotes About Authority

When social cooperation is disrupted, state power is always strengthened.

The fascist mentality is a mentality of the subjugated "little man" who craves authority and rebels against it at the same time

Shalt's" and "shalt not's" will break in later in a most tragic fashion and murder Christ in every single child.

Bir ?eyi ne denli az anlarsan, o denli çok sayg? gösteriyor, onun kar??s?nda boyun e?iyorsun. Hitler'i Nietzsche'den, Napolyon'u da Pestalozzi'den daha iyi tan?yorsun. Sana göre bir kral, Sigmund Freud'dan daha önemlidir.

Yet alongside this rebellion against the father, a respect for and acceptance of his authority continued to exist. This ambivalent attitude toward authority— rebellion against it coupled with acceptance and submission —is a basic feature of every middle-class structure from the age of puberty to full adulthood and is especially pronounced in individuals stemming from materially restricted circumstances.

As catástrofes dos tempos mostraram-nos que o povo ensinado a ser cegamente fiel em qualquer sistema se privará da sua própria liberdade; matará o que lhe dá a liberdade, e fugirá com o ditador.

Üstelik, sana bir y???n söz söyleyerek, senin ve ya?am?n?n, ailenin ve çocuklar?n?n birer hiç oldu?unu anlat?yorlar; aptal, köleli?e elveri?li ve ba?kalar?n?n kullanaca?? birer insan oldu?unuzu söylüyorlar, insan?n size diledi?i i?lemi uygulayaca??n? hayk?r?yorlar. Size "ki?isel özgürlük" de?il "ulusal özgürlük" vaat ediyorlar.

Akla uygun oldu?u sürece bütün yasalara uyar?m, ama kat? ya da anlams?z kural ve yasalarla sava??r?m.

Sen onlara ancak ?öyle sahip ç?kars?n küçük adam: Öteki küçük adamlar, bu büyük adamlar?n gerçekten büyük oldu?unu sana söyledi?i zaman.

Man is more disposed to domination than freedom; and a structure of dominion not only gladdens the eye of the master who rears and protects it, but even its servants are uplifted by the thought that they are members of a whole, which rises high above the life and strength of single generations.

Gelehrte dirigieren ist nicht viel besser als eine Komödiantengruppe unter sich zu haben.

The Bayeaux Tapestry is accepted as an authority on many details of life and fhe fine points of history in the eleventh century. For instance, the horses in those days had green legs, blue bodies, yellow manes, and red heads, while the people were all double-jointed and quite different from what we generally think of as human beings

It may be true that you can't fool all the people all the time, but you can fool enough of them to rule a large country.

Tired mothers find that spanking takes less time than reasoning and penetrates sooner to the seat of the memory.

History reports that the men who can manage men manage the men who can manage only things, and the men who can manage money manage all.

you can't fool all the people all the time," but you can fool enough of them to rule a large country.

Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.

President Truman famously asked for a "one-armed economist" who would take a clear stand; he was sick and tired of economists who kept saying, "On the other hand Ã¢â'¬Â¦

But this was the army. Useful or not, there was a routine to be followed and orders to be obeyed.

People voted for someone who looked strong and decisive without any other reason to believe that he was.

defining risk is thus an exercise in power.

While the church is indeed to stand under the authority of the biblical witness, it must avoid bibliolatry and read Scripture with sensitivity to its particular historical contexts and its diverse literary forms.

They teach children that all opinions are equally valid. But this is simply not true. When you work for someone, be they an employer or customer, your view is not as valid or important as theirs. Period. If your view is as valid as your bosses, why should you listen to them?

To remind parents of their flaws, let's define discipline this way: Discipline is the process in which bigger sinners attempt to convince littler sinners to mend their wicked ways.