Quotes About Authority

When religion and politics travel in the same cart, the riders believe nothing can stand in their way.

De?in controlul unui lucru numai acei ce-l pot distruge.

bureaucracies always become voracious aristocracies after they attain commanding power.

It's an old, old trick of autocratic rule. Good subjects must feel guilty. The guilt begins as a feeling of failure. The good autocrat provides many opportunities for failure in the populace.

Bureaucracy destroys initiative. There is little that bureaucrats hate more than innovation, especially innovation that produces better results than the old routines. Improvements always make those at the top of the heap look inept. Who enjoys appearing inept? —A GUIDE TO TRIAL AND ERROR IN GOVERNMENT, BENE GESSERIT ARCHIVES

But power deluded those who used it. One tended to believe power could overcome any barrier … including one's own ignorance.

Grave this on your memory, lad: A world is supported by four things…." She held up four big-knuckled fingers. "…the learning of the wise, the justice of the great, the prayers of the righteous and the valor of the brave. But all of these are as nothing…." She closed her fingers into a fist. "…without a ruler who knows the art of ruling. Make that the science of your tradition!" A

it's well known that repression makes a religion flourish.

Your Fish Speakers aren't an army, they're a police force." "By my name, I assure you that's not so. Police are inevitably corrupted.

And rulers are notoriously cynical where religions are concerned. Religion, too, is a weapon. What manner of weapon is religion when it becomes the government?

O bun? guvernare nu depinde niciodat? de legi, ci de calit??ile personale ale celor care guverneaz?. MaÈ™in?ria guvernamental? este întotdeauna subordonat? voinÈ›ei celor care-o administreaz?. De aceea, cel mai important element al artei guvern?rii este metoda de alegere a conduc?torului.

A ruler need not be a prophet, Stil. Nor even godlike. A ruler need only be sensitive. I brought you here with me to clarify what our Imperium requires. It requires good government. That does not depend upon laws or precedent, but upon the personal qualities of whoever governs.

Professional legalists were absolutely prohibited from Gowachin judicial service. Let the people judge.

Åžunu haf?zana kaz? evlat: Dünya dört ÅŸeyin üzerinde durur... Ä°ri eklemli dört parma??n? kald?rm??t?. Bilgelerin ilmi, yücelerin adaleti, hakl?lar?n duas? ve yiÄŸitlerin cesareti. Ama hükmetme sanat?n? bilen bir hükümdar olmadan... Parmaklar?n? indirip yumruÄŸunu s?km??t?. Bunlar hiçbir iÅŸe yaramaz.

All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become drunk on violence, a condition to which they are quickly addicted. —Missionaria Protectiva, Text QIV (decto)

When religion and politics travel in the same cart, the riders believe nothing can stand in their way. Their movement becomes headlong—faster and faster and faster. They put aside all thoughts of obstacles and forget that a precipice does not show itself to the man in a blind rush until it's too late.

Have they taught you about democracy?" "Yes, sir. That's where you vote for—" "That's where you distrust anyone with power over you!

Give as few orders as possible,' his father had told him … once … long ago. 'Once you've given orders on a subject, you must always give orders on that subject.

Power tends to isolate those who hold too much of it. Eventually, they lose touch with reality . . . and fall.

Governments, if they endure, always tend increasingly toward aristocratic forms. No government in history has been known to evade this pattern. And as the aristocracy develops, government tends more and more to act exclusively in the interests of the ruling class—whether that class be hereditary royalty, oligarchs of financial empires, or entrenched bureaucracy. —Politics as Repeat Phenomenon: Bene Gesserit Training Manual

If a child, an untrained person, an ignorant person, or an insane person incites trouble, it is the fault of authority for not predicting and preventing that trouble.

He is living proof that there is little difference between the police mind and the military mind. I told him, "Radicals are only to be feared when you try to suppress them. You must demonstrate that you will use the best of what they offer.

Once you've given orders on a subject, you must always give orders on that subject.

the conventional teacher feels threatened by emerging talents and squelches them because of a deep-seated desire to feel superior and safe in a safe environment.