Quotes About Authority

Show me the man who keeps his house in hand, He's fit for public authority.

It's no city at all, owned by one man alone.

There's no room for pride, not in a slave, not with the lord and master standing by.

Thou wouldst make a good monarch of a desert

What a splendid king you'd make of a desert island-- you and you alone.

What you cannot enforce, do not command!

No? Believe me, the stiffest stubborn wills fall the hardest; the toughest iron tempered strong in the white-hot fire, you'll see it crack and shatter first of all. And I've known spirited horses you can break with a light bite—proud, rebellious horses. There's no room for pride, not in a slave, not with the lord and master standing by.

CREON: Am I to rule for others, or myself? HAEMON: A State for one man is no State at all. CREON: The State is his who rules it, so 'tis held.

tis greater far To rule a people than a wilderness.

Still the king, the master of all things? No more: here your power ends.

It's no city at all, owned by one man alone.

Indeed, if the truth has any power.

You are the king no doubt, but in one respect, at least, I am your equal: the right to reply.

I am not your slave. I serve Apollo.

Not if you rule unjustly.

Creon: My voice is the one voice giving orders in this city! Haimon: It is no city if it takes orders from one voice. Creon: The State is the King! Haimon: Yes, if the State is a desert.

Tis hard for power to observe each pious rule.

KREON. Ich gehe, von dir verkannt, gerecht jedoch vor diesen.

Creon: You consider it right for a man of my years and experience To go to school to a boy? Haimon: It is not right If I am wrong. But if I am young, and right, What does my age matter?

Ni pensaba yo que tus proclamas tuvieran tanta fuerza que permitieran a un mortal transgredir las leyes no escritas e inmutables de los dioses.

La insolencia produce al tirano.

I should have praise and honor for what I have done: All these men here would praise me. Were their lips not frozen shut with fear of you. Ah the good fortune of kings. Licensed to say and do whatever the please. Antigone to Theben's king Creon

I should have praise and honor for what I have done: All these men here would praise me. Were their lips not frozen shut with fear of you. Ah the good fortune of kings. Licensed to say and do whatever they please. Antigone to Theben's king Creon

È impossibile conoscere a fondo anima, pensiero, intendimento di un uomo, prima che abbia dato pubblica prova di sé nell'esercizio del potere, secondo le leggi.