Quotes About Authority

As you set off into the world, don't be afraid to question your leaders. But don't ask too many questions at one time or that are too hard because your leaders get tired and/or cranky.

You know, by the time you become the leader of a country, someone else makes all the decisions. ... You may find you can get away with virtual presidents, virtual prime ministers, virtual everything.

A man can be right and president, but he can't be both at the same time.

Government can screw up just about everything. Given enough power and time it will screw up everything.

Every time you change your orders without obvious reason, you weaken your authority.

In a nutshell-I fear authority but at the same time I resent it-the authority and my own fear. So I rebel.

There is a tendency by a lot of officials to hide behind the king. And it's about time that officials take their responsibility and are responsible in front of the people.

You took my freedom away a long time ago and you can't give it back because you haven't got it yourself.

It is time to leave. Oprah has spoken.

I run my household. Not all the time, well, sometimes.

I would say I'm 90 percent collaborative in everything I do, and 10 percent of the time I just make the call.

I think it's time for the Army to understand that power should be enshrined in the people if we are to be a genuine democracy and not in any particular institution or organisation.

What I do with my kids is - and I think they probably do ignore us - is No Alcohol. If they're drunk they will be grounded for time immemorial.

I reserve the right, as president of the United States to meet with anybody at a time and place of my choosing if I think it's going to keep America safe.

Any time the president talks, you listen.

The first time I had a secretary, I was sheepish about being demanding or even asking questions.

I don't think cops should wear mirrored sunglasses; the whole time the guy was chewing me out, all I could think was I should cut my bangs.

I froze, shocked. (And don't try to clam that you did anything different the first time a government bureaucrat pulled a gun on you.)

Fame doesn't redeem you. It takes a long time to get there, and when you're finally there, you realise you still have authority figures telling you what to do.

The quarterback's spending so much time behind the center that he may jeopardize his right to lead a Boy Scout troop.

I'm a fair manager, put it that way. I like to be fair with the players, but there's a time for discipline.

Managers have people second-guessing them all the time.

Once you're in charge of your job, your house, your children, getting the food on the table, doing all of this, all of the time, it'd be nice for someone else to be in charge for a bit maybe.

For any new leader of any party at any given time it takes time if you are not in government to establish yourself.