Quotes About Authority

One of the advantages of having laws is the pleasure one may take in breaking them.

You owe the companies nothing. Less than nothing, you especially don't owe them any courtesy. They owe you. They have re-arranged the world to put themselves in front of you. They never asked for your permission, don't even start asking for theirs.

The greatest crimes in the world are not committed by people breaking the rules but by people following the rules. It's people who follow orders that drop bombs and massacre villages.

It's a very frustrated feeling you get when the only people with good photos of you work are the police department.

I need someone to protect me from all the measures they take in order to protect me.

Some people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.

Policemen and security guards wear hats with a peak that comes down low over their eyes. Apparently this is for psychological reasons. Eyebrows are very expressive and you appear a lot more authoritative if you keep them covered up. The advantage of this is that it makes a lot harder for cops to see anything more than six foot off the ground. Which is why painting rooftops and bridges is so easy.

Remember – it's always easier to get forgiveness than permission

The greatest crimes in the world are not committed by people breaking the rules. It's people who follow orders that drop bombs and massacre villages. As a precaution to never committing major acts of evil it is our solemn duty never to do what we're told, this is the only way we can be sure.

È sempre più facile ottenere il perdono che il permesso

There's no way you're going to get a quote from us to use on your book cover." Metropolitan Police spokesperson

The greatest crimes in the world are not committed by people breaking the rules but by people following the rules. It's people who follow orders that drop bombs and massacre villages.

Some people become cops because they want to make the world a better place. Some people become vandals because they want to make the world a better looking place.

My main problem with cops is that they do what they're told. They say 'Sorry mate, I'm just doing my job' all the fucking time.

You owe the companies nothing. You especially don't owe them any courtesy. They have re-arranged the world to put themselves in front of you. They never asked for your permission, don't even start asking for theirs.

If Jesus meant for his followers to rule the world, then why did he teach them to wash feet?

Handing out free food and clothes was a charitable act. Approaching the powers was a political act.

about that too, ma'am," he said, writing up her citation, "but what made

You may think the president is all-powerful, but he is not. He needs a lot of guidance from the Lord.

I have always tried to be obedient regarding important matters like not being scalded to death by burning oil, but when public opinion takes a route far from one's inner conviction, one cannot value disobedience too highly.

Watch out for the fellow who talks about putting things in order Putting things in order always means getting other people under your control.

the court, as now constituted, would be meaningless without the jail which gives it its power. But if there is anything I have learned by being in jail, it is that prisons are wrong, simply and unqualifiedly wrong.

Birth order is a crucial factor. Whereas oldest children tend to identify with their parents and authority and to sustain the status quo, younger children tend to rebel (cf. Averett, Argys, & Rees, 2006). Moreover, the repercussions of sibling rivalry extend beyond individual development to society as a whole

God has judged me all my life. But that is God's privilege, my lady. Not yours.