Quotes About Authority

Ronald Reagan would never go into the Oval Office without his jacket on - that's how much he revered the presidency.

Real liberty is neither found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments.

In Bollywood, we are told exactly what to do and how to do it and not to counter things by saying there's a better way. We make our actors feel important by paying them more. But the real deal is when you let the actors take some decisions on the sets.

The attraction of power is heady, addictive. And as we know from real life, it can be a disease. A horrific disease.

I mean, there was a portion, of course, that I think, when I look back now, that there was a portion of what attracted me must have been the awe of him being a powerful man in this environment, not to take away from who he is as a real person.

Even a moderniser like Alexander II - who emancipated the serfs in 1861 - had no intention of devolving real power.

What gives you real power is when you know your power. And I feel quite powerful.

Knowledge is the real power.

I'll tell you what the real problem is: These people are working under the assumption that they know better about what is good for kids, what kids need to learn to get ahead in this world.

To take an analogy: if we say that a democratic government is the best kind of government, we mean that it most completely fulfills the highest function of a government - the realisation of the will of the people.

There's a thing I think children realise at a certain age, which is that if their parents say, 'Don't do it', and they go ahead and do it, they're still not going to die. And I think that's what it is: that no matter what you do, you're not going to die.

Police in China can do whatever they want; after 81 days in arbitrary detention you clearly realise that they don't have to obey their own laws. In a society like this there is no negotiation, no discussion, except to tell you that power can crush you any time they want - not only you, your whole family and all people like you.

I realise that, strutting around in power corridors for political coverage, a journalist becomes half a politician.

Looking back now, I realise why, as prime minister of Malaysia, I was described as a dictator. There were many things I did which were typically dictatorial.

One must realise that it is not a child's play to run a government.

The jobs of manager and director of football are too big for one individual - this I realised very quickly.

I didn't have any concept of age or authority. I remember realising, Oh, the world has rules and we don't.

What pleases us is that people are realising that punishment is inevitable for those who don't respect the law.

In a system created by Putin, it is only possible for Putin to win. I am realistic about who will become the president.

There is simply no limitation on the realistic power of the U.N. over us.

Al Gore wanted to tell people what they could listen to and what they couldn't, what they could record. It was basically coming down to the idea that he wouldn't let anybody record any music that he didn't think you should be doing. There was going to be an organization that would tell you what you could and couldn't record.

But the word of the Gospel is not as the word of an earthly prince.

I think I know the gospel pretty well, and I'd say the CBO is not the gospel.

The dead govern the living.