Quotes About Authority

In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign. Secondly, a just cause. Thirdly, a rightful intention.

Locus ab auctoritate est infirmissimus. [The argument from authority is the weakest.]

Great Socialist statesmen aren't made, they're still-born.

The soul is the captain and ruler of the life of mortals.

Thus in the highest position there is the least freedom of action.

Few men desire liberty: The majority are satisfied with a just master.

The higher your station, the less your liberty.

The soul is the captain and ruler of the life of morals.

We employ the mind to rule, the body to serve.

Only a few prefer liberty- the majority seek nothing more than fair masters.

Namque pauci libertatem, pars magna iustos dominos volunt. (Few men desire freedom, the greater part desire just masters.)

Memmius:) But perhaps you are not yet weary of the tyranny of these men; perhaps these times please you less than those when kingdoms, provinces, laws, rights, the administration of justice, war and peace, and indeed every thing civil and religious, was in the hands of an oligarchy; while you, that is, the people of Rome, though unconquered by foreign enemies, and rulers of all nations around, were content with being allowed to live; for which of you had spirit to throw off your slavery?

Denn nur wenige Menschen wollen die Freiheit, ein großer Teil aber gerechte Herren.

namque, uti paucis verum absolvam, post illa tempora quicumque rem publicam agitavêre, honestis nominibus, alii sicuti populi iura defenderent, pars quo senatûs auctoritas maxima foret, bonum publicum simulantes pro suâ quisque potentiâ certabant.

Caesar:) But in a large state there arise many men of various dispositions. At some other period, and under another consul, who, like the present, may have an army at his command, some false accusation may be credited as true; and when, with our example for a precedent, the consul shall have drawn the sword on the authority of the senate, who shall stay its progress, or moderate its fury?

ita in maximâ fortunâ minima licentia est;

quae apud alios iracundia dicitur, ea in imperio superbia atque crudelitas appellatur.

Catiline:) For since the government has fallen under the power and jurisdiction of a few, kings and princes have constantly been their tributaries; nations and states have paid them taxes; but all the rest of us, however brave and worthy, whether noble or plebeian, have been regarded as a mere mob, without interest or authority, and subject to those, to whom, if the state were in a sound condition, we should be a terror.

Helping your eldest to pick a college is one of the greatest educational experiences of life — for the parents. Next to trying to pick his bride, it's the best way to learn that your authority, if not entirely gone, is slipping fast.

Time is not my dictator," said the Queen Mother. "I dictate to time.

I have learnt that there is great power in words, no matter how long or short they be.

Gramps had the radio on, tuned to the only station that the authorities allowed us mere lava mites to listen to. Dripple for the workers of the Motherland. They sang it loud, they sang it clear: "And once those feet did tread upon silver sand And footprints deep marked out new moons of Motherland Which all salute with upraised hand." I went upstairs and put on my school uniform. Every part of me dead. Limp. Dead.

Él era quien llevaba la coz cantante.

Ik heb geleerd dat er een grote macht in woorden schuilt, hoe lang of kort ze ook zijn.