Quotes About Authority

It has always been the way of the world that the weaker is kept down by the stronger.

Executive authority was devolved to the Boule, or Council, of five hundred

rule by one man, rule by the many, or rule by the few.

respectively, tyrannis, demokratia, and oligarchia.

It also meant that no state could legislate

beyond its own borders without encroaching on the autonomy of another.

And all officeholders, whether chosen by lot or elected, were held closely to account.

It really was power (kratos) to the people (demos).

The satraps, in turn, were content to allow the Greek city-states to manage their internal affairs

To make an example of them, Alexander had them sent back to Macedonia in chains

were in charge and known as the Antigonids.

res publica, literally 'the thing belonging to the people'

With my ol' man, I got no respect. He told me to start at the bottom. He was teaching me how to swim.

la guillotina seca»,

There are in fact four very significant stumblingblocks in the way of grasping the truth, which hinder every man however learned, and scarcely allow anyone to win a clear title to wisdom, namely, the example of weak and unworthy authority, longstanding custom, the feeling of the ignorant crowd, and the hiding of our own ignorance while making a display of our apparent knowledge.

Now there are four chief obstacles in grasping truth, which hinder every man, however learned, and scarcely allow anyone to win a clear title to learning, namely, submission to faulty and unworthy authority, influence of custom, popular prejudice, and concealment of our own ignorance accompanied by an ostentatious display of our knowledge.

Wissenschaft ist Macht.

La confusión es muy grande y creo que proviene de las brumas que están en la cabeza del presidente

Quiere imponer su mundo y evitar que haya cambios.

Un gobierno desorganizado y sin objetivos claros puede derivar en una autocracia.

el debilitamiento del Estado es compensado con el fortalecimiento del autoritarismo presidencial.

Muchos, en su optimismo unidimensional, creyeron ingenuamente que la izquierda había llegado al poder.

War was not dependent on personal volition; it was an unceasing imperial project, authorized by Islam.

Instantly Mehmet had clarified the practice of Ottoman succession, which he was later to codify as a law of fratricide: "whichever of my sons inherits the sultan's throne, it behooves him to kill his brother in the interest of the world order.