Quotes About Authority

The rule of reason is the true sovereign in the American system.

It is better to do nothing than to contribute to the invention of formal ways of rendering visible that which Empire already recognizes as existent.

In fact Yahweh is none other than the God who says "enough." The Law he issues is meant as limitation. The Covenant he concludes symbolically seals this castration.

As man has managed to turn himself into a player of the world, the sole thing that can now prevent him from using all his possibilities of playing, is to make him believe that he did not invent the rules of the game.

I used to be a Catholic. I left because I object to conversion by concussion. If you don't agree with what they teach, you get clobbered over the head until you do. All that does is change the shape of the head.

Leadership demands that we make tough choices.

We started off trying to set up a small anarchist community, but people wouldn't obey the rules.

One of the hardest things for boys to learn is that a teacher is human. One of the hardest things for a teacher to learn is not to try and tell them.

Para una dictadura moderna, toda organización que sea independiente ya es política.

Relax now. That's the beauty of war. Utter subservience to one's leaders absolves a soldier of the consequences of her actions.

Lei li guardò per un lungo momento senza parlare, poi disse: "Tornate indietro". Le rosse figure esitarono. Lei fece un passo avanti e sbottò: "Oppure restate".

If there was one thing a competent fighting force did not need, Hux knew, it was unforeseen outbursts of individuality.

Judges are the weakest link in our system of justice, and they are also the most protected.

a child hears the question as a question, not as something he needs to do. Also, don't just say, It's time for bed. That's not as definite a directive as parents think it is. Be absolutely clear, explicit, and direct: Please go to your room and put your pajamas on and get in your bed. Clarity is not only good for your child, it's also good for you and your family.

The evangelical position, represented by the personal stories in this book, including my own, understands that a fully authoritative Bible supports the freedom of women under Christ without male supervision to follow their God-given callings and special gifts of the Spirit, including full leadership ministries. This view can be called the "inclusive" view of ministry

They lined the men up against a wall in the assembly yard. Rat-tat-tat-tat! The watch officer gunned them down himself, riddling their bodies with bullets.

Nobody has the right to tell you what books you can and can't read except your parents.

I wasn't happy about it, but I respected their decision. Every now and then you had to break the rules to do the right thing, but a lot of times following the rules was the right thing.

That's what a bully is," his dad said. "Somebody who pushes people around and never gets in trouble for it.

Nobody liked Herr Professor Doktor Major Melcher. For one thing, he had too many titles.

They were following me because I was ahead of them, which is no way to choose a leader. Following someone simply because they're out in front is never a good idea, but it happens all the time.

Did nobody spank their children these days?

If everything is a matter of opinion, and if everybody is entitled to his own opinion, force becomes the only way of settling differences of opinion.

People shouldn't be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people.