Quotes About Authority

we've gone all the way from foolishly accepting authority to foolishly rejecting all authority.

A state which which includes within itself a terrorized Church has lost its most faithful servant.

To facilitate learning, I have found it helpful to appoint a Five Whys master for each area in which the method is being used. This individual is tasked with being the moderator for each Five Whys meeting, making decisions about which prevention steps to take, and assigning the follow-up work from that meeting. The master must be senior enough to have the authority to ensure that those assignments get done

startup teams require three structural attributes: scarce but secure resources, independent authority to develop their business, and a personal stake in the outcome.

Internal or external, in my experience startup teams require three structural attributes: scarce but secure resources, independent authority to develop their business, and a personal stake in the outcome.

Internal startup teams require support from senior management to create these structures. Internal or external, in my experience startup teams require three structural attributes: scarce but secure resources, independent authority to develop their business, and a personal stake in the outcome. Each of these requirements is different from those of established company divisions.

The nurse told me I could

John only knew three ways to react to people. If they were his superior officers, he obeyed them. If they were part of his squad, he helped them. If they were a threat, he neutralized them.

You're their CO. You have to inspire and command their respect. I'm their drill instructor. I get to be their worst nightmare.

Dealing with network executives is like being nibbled to death by ducks.

If people let the government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as the souls who live under tyranny." —THOMAS JEFFERSON

it was not in gaining the power where the danger lay. It was in allowing the power to destroy you.

You jerk, I'll have your badge for this." "That's the second time you've said that to me. Sounds to me like you have a pretty serious case of badge envy.

Who says: 'Here reigns freedom' is lying, because freedom doesn't reign.

Who says: 'Here reigns freedom' is lying, because freedom doesn't reign." Zu sagen "Hier herrscht Freiheit" ist immer ein Irrtum oder auch eine Lüge: Freiheit herrscht nicht.

Who rules here?' I asked. They said: 'The People naturally.' I said: 'Naturally the people but who really rules?

Authority is not a quality one person "has," in the sense that he has property or physical qualities. Authority refers to an interpersonal relation in which one person looks upon another as somebody superior to him.

We came to realise - first with astonishment, then bitterness, and finally with indifference - that intellect apparently wasn't the most important thing...not ideas, but the system; not freedom, but drill. We had joined up with enthusiasm and with good will; but they did everything to knock that out of us.

Respect Whats Mine. Know Not To Cross That Line. I Won't Have To Get Out Of Line and Clap You With My Nine ....

modern times, of course, political ideologies have taken over the numinous function, with the face of the leader multiplied on a thousand banners.

No system which implies control by privilege seekers has ever ended in any other way than collapse.

Imagine if one should drag an innocent passer-by from the street to the operating room of a nearby hospital and force him at gunpoint to perform a delicate operation. The man would burst into tears. However, if one were to ask him to sound off on problems such as nuclear experiments, Vietnam, the borders of Israel, support for Indonesia, aid to Latin America, or recognition of Red China, in most cases he would start spouting opinions.

Then stop being a know-it-all lionpaw retorted You're not my mentor so stay out of my fur. Lionpaw at Berrynose in Outcast pg 67

Power is neither good or evil, it just depends on how you choose to use it.-Rock, cats of the clans