Quotes About Authority

With that single previous exception, the original Constitution and its first seventeen amendments limited the activities of government, not of citizens. Now there were two exceptions: you couldn't

But Taft also believed that the citizen who obeys only laws that he endorses "is willing to govern, but not be governed"—willing, in other words, to destroy the rule of law.

Unfortunately, some leaders use their power to instill fear in employees.

At a grand banquet, Esther was made Queen of Persia. When the king wanted to see Esther, he sent for her. No one could go to the king's rooms without an invitation. Not even the queen.

Reading is an act of resistance. Against what? Against all constraints.

Il verbo leggere non sopporta l'imperativo.

Autonomy isn't the opposite of accountability - it's the pathway to it.

Muchos aceptan la verdad por autoridad, en vez de la verdad como autoridad.

Simply put, politics is about "who gets what, when, and

Gabriel was remarried, a father, and the chief of the Office. The restorer was restored.

Our president understands that he who controls history controls the future. - Sergei Korovin

Will no one rid me of this meddlesome priest?

The French like anyone with money and power. - Mikhail Abramov

The Tsar is the most powerful man in the world, never forget that.

peered out at its subjects like a telescreen keeping watch over Winston Smith in his flat at the Victory Mansions.

The truly powerful man, said Shamron never had to ask for a favor.

A nuclear bomb can only be dropped once. But money can be wielded every day with no fallout and no threat of mutually assured destruction.

majoritarianism.

The money, as promised, was in the trunk of the general's official

lo que importa no es quien dispara, sino quien paga la bala.

Führer, a lie is the truth, only backward.

Daniel Silva

In Russia you cannot succeed or become wealthy unless someone in a position of power or influence places his hand on your shoulder. - Oksana Akimova

Thugs the world over loved nothing more than to look down on their vassals from a balcony.