Quotes About Authority

Judgement, like other faculties, is improved by practice, and its advancement is hindered by submission to dictatorial decisions, as the memory grows torpid by the use of a table book.

If the mind be curbed and humbled too much in children; if their spirits be abased and broken much by too strict an hand over them; they lose all their vigour and industry, and are in a worse state than the former.Lockeon Education,¶ 46.

No man, Mr. Reeves, would be more ready than myself to ask pardon, even of my inferior, had I done a wrong thing: But never should a prince make me stoop to disavow a right one.

The experience of shame may tend to lend legitimacy to the structure of authority that occasions it, for the majesty of judgment is affirmed in its very capacity to injure.

I rest my rule on Loyalty, not on Force.

Dios nos salve de todos aquellos que quieren salvarnos y nos salve también de los que supuestamente deben protegernos

El poder suele llamar terrorista a quien lo asusta a él, que no siempre coincide con quien asusta a la población. Hay casos en que sí coincide, sin duda, pero hay otros en que lo más terrorífico para un pueblo es su propio gobernante

Individuals within the institution must act as if the decision has been made for it to be made. If they do not, it has not. A

A structure can enable promotion. And if you challenge those structures, you are the one who becomes self-promotional.

The system that supports you can also be used to control you

In the information age, because we all have access to information, everyone considers themselves an expert.

Don't get too comfortable. It's not over until I say it is. -A

It's as if once you hit high school, you're programmed, like a robot, to be an asshole to your parents.

You do realize that you are addressing the emperor of the Crescent Empire. And you are addressing a free woman of the desert. You are not my emperor. Therefore, I am your equal.

Which is this magical listening station, whereupon all musical worth is decided?

This was just not fair. To get a taste of freedom, only to instantly be punished for it.

The was just not fair. To get a taste of freedom, only to instantly be punished for it.

It is the ones who keep you in thrall to more than their snatches who command the houses and the gowns to go with them. And for that they have first to love themselves.

How do ugly men make their way through life? He thinks of Michelotto. When he walks down the street men take half a step back from him. But he, Cesare, wields a different power. His face has always been his first weapon. Look at me, it says. I am what you see: easy on the eye, strong to the taste, a man with substance, someone to admire, for how can beauty this natural lie?

During preadolescence, however, your puppy will be far more interested in how they fit into the fabric of your everyday life. If you don't tell them where to go and what to do, they will turn your life upside down by making their own set of rules — and that's a nightmare I wouldn't wish on anybody.

Say each cue word clearly, in a strong but nonthreatening voice.

This direction is the human phrase equivalent of saying "please." Give the direction once in a clear, strong voice. If your puppy ignores you, don't be afraid to walk closer to them and say it again. Sit is not optional.

Puppies, like people, are drawn to confidence, so you need to act with authority and self-assurance even if you have to fake it.

I like to be in charge of my destiny.