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Quotes About Authority

none of them had it. They had no qualms about stealing, but they needed to be told. They liked to be told, and Viktor Chemmel liked to be the teller. It was a nice microcosm.
~ Markus Zusak
Los jóvenes siguen siendo niños y los niños a veces tienen derecho a ser cabezotas.
~ Markus Zusak
Without words, the Fuhrer was nothing.
~ Markus Zusak
The fuhrer decided he would rule the world with words. I will never fire a gun, he said, I will not have to. Still, he was not rash. Let's allow him at least that much. He was not a stupid man at all. His first plan of attack was to plant the words in as many areas of his homeland as possible.
~ Markus Zusak
Yes, the Führer decided that he would rule the world with words. "I will never fire a gun," he devised. "I will not have to." Still, he was not rash. Let's allow him at least that much. He was not a stupid man at all. His first plan of attack was to plant the words in as many areas of his homeland as possible.
~ Markus Zusak
Frau Lindner war eine scharfkantige Frau mit dicken Brillengläsern und einem ruchlosen Blick. Sie hatte sich diesen Blick zugelegt, um jeden Gedanken an Diebstahl in ihrem Laden im Keim zu ersticken. Sie hütete ihr Geschäft mit einer soldatesken Haltung, einer unterkühlten Stimme, und selbst ihr Atem roch nach Heil Hitler.
~ Markus Zusak
When a woman with an iron fist tells you to get out there and clean spit off the door, you do it. Especially when the iron's hot.
~ Markus Zusak
When kings fall they fall on top of us.
~ Marlon James
So don't try to scare me with your phony Lord business. I wonder if you men don't trump up all that religious stuff to keep women in line.
~ Marlys Millhiser
El miedo está conectado con el deseo monárquico de controlar a otros en vez de confiar en ellos y dejar que sean independientes, que sean ellos mismos.
~ Martha C. Nussbaum
Gurathin turned to me. So you don't have a governor module, but we could punish you by looking at you. I looked at him. Probably, right up until I remember I have guns built into my arms.
~ Martha Wells
Blood and bodies and death and power.
~ Martin Amis
The new Government is a weak one—so far as ability is concerned and largely inexperienced. Political
~ Martin Gilbert
Der Mensch gebärdet sich, als sei er Bildner und Meister der Sprache, während doch sie die Herrin des Menschen bleibt.
~ Martin Heidegger
The greatest purveyor of violence in the world : My own Government, I can not be Silent.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
I could never again raise my voice against the violence of the oppressed, without having first spoken clearly to the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today – my own government.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
The old guard in any society resents new methods, for old guards wear the decorations and medals won by waging battle in the accepted manner.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
Ultimately, a genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
The church must be reminded that it is not the master or the servant of the state, but rather the conscience of the state. It must be the guide and the critic of the state, and never its tool.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
The church must be reminded that it is not the master or the servant of the state, but rather the conscience of the state. It must be the guide and the critic of the state, and never its tool. If the church does not recapture its prophetic zeal, it will become an irrelevant social club without moral or spiritual authority.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
VALENE: Father Walsh, now... COLEMAN: Father Walsh, Father Walsh... WELSH (exiting, screaming): Me name's Welsh!!!
~ Martin McDonagh
Oh, I almost forgot to mention...I'm the good cop, he's the bad cop. - Tupolski
~ Martin McDonagh
Oh, I almost forgot to mention... I'm the good cop, he's the bad cop! - Tupolski
~ Martin McDonagh