Quotes About Authority

Don Corleone was too weak to speak much but he wished to listen and exercise veto powers.

But his Godfather had never said such and such a thing could be done without having it done.

in the hot blood of vendetta they would shotgun the Pope himself for breaking omerta, the ancient code of silence to any authority.

These things have to happen once every ten years or so. It gets rid of the bad blood. And then if we let them push us around on the little things they wanta take over everything. You gotta stop them at the beginning. Like they shoulda stopped Hitler at Munich, they should never let him get away with that, they were just asking for big trouble when they let him get away with that." Michael

Una vez había oído decir a Don Corleone que un abogado, con su cartera de mano, podía robar más que un centenar de hombres con metralletas.

A man who commits a criminal act exercises the power of God over another human being. Then it becomes the decision of the victim whether to accept this other god in his life.

truth was a source of power, a lever of control, why should anyone give it away?

At this point Frisella, the barber, came out of his shop to join in the fun. Behind him was the Maresciallo, pompous and important, rubbing his smooth red face. He was the only man in Montelepre who had himself shaved every day.

All of these men were good listeners, patient men. They had one other thing in common. They were those rarities, men who had refused to accept the rule of organized society, men who refused the dominion of other men. There was no force, no mortal man who could bend them to their will unless they wished it. They were men who guarded their free will with wiles and murder. Their wills could be subverted only by death. Or the utmost reasonableness.

Michael grinned. "Mothers are like cops. They always believe the worst.

This guy is a personal friend of J. Edgar Hoover," Johnny said. "You can't even raise your voice to him." "He's a businessman," the Don said blandly. "I'll make him an offer he can't refuse.

Trujillo podía hacer que el agua se volviera vino y los panes se multiplicaran, si le daba en los cojones

En Cierto modo, tenía derecho; todos en el colegio respetaban la venganza.

Ésa es la imagen secreta que tuvo Gustave de Achille-Cléophas: un dios autoritario que leía su alma, una voluntad ante la cual sólo podía rendirse.

they knew what we're doing for them, they'd kiss our feet. But mentally they are closer to the crocodile and the hippopotamus than to you or me. That's why we decide what is good for them and have them sign those contracts.

Aquí, en la revista, yo soy la directora y tú un empleado. Somos amigos en la calle, cuando nos tomamos un café. Pero, aquí, yo doy las órdenes y tú las cumples. Te

También en sus relaciones conyugales los roles hembra-varón se invierten muy pronto; Emma pasa a ser la personalidad dominante y Charles la dominada. Ella impone el tono, se hace siempre su voluntad, al principio sólo en cuestiones domésticas y luego en los otros dominios: Emma se encarga

La libertad está estrechamente ligada a la coerción, es decir a aquello que la niega o limita.

Mientras menor sea la autoridad que se ejerza sobre mi conducta, mientras ésta pueda ser determinada de manera más autónoma por mis propias motivaciones —mis necesidades, ambiciones, fantasías personales—, sin interferencia de voluntades ajenas, más libre soy. Éste es el concepto «negativo» de la libertad.

managers did that as a warning but also for amusement. They enjoyed it. Making people suffer, competing in cruelties, was a vice they had contracted from engaging so frequently in flagellations, beatings, and tortures. Often, when they were drunk, they looked for pretexts for their blood games.

Do as I tell you,' shouted Annabelle, 'or I shall pinch you and pinch you until you are black and blue.

Is there anything more glorious than a professor? Forget about his molding the minds, the future of a nation - a dubious assertion; there's little you can do when they tend to emerge from the womd predestined for Grand Theft Auto Vice City.

No loitering. Anyone caught loitering will be subject to the predicate is loitering.

You can have faith or you can have control, but you cannot have both." If you want God to do something off the chart, you have to take your hands off the controls.