Quotes About Authority

I'm a taskmaster. I was brought up that way, and I'm sure I imposed that on my kids.

It may be impossible to have a revolution without crimes but that does not make revolution a crime.

I've been so impressed with Commissioner Goodell.

Big Business can make laws as easily as it can break them - and with as little impunity.

Cheney, Rumsfeld - they were Shakespearean in their attitude of impunity.

The loudest voice in the room doesn't always work. In fact, it usually grates to the point - to the point that when you really need to be loud, nobody listens.

He who allows me to rule is in fact my master.

In my opinion, B. J. Penn is No. 1.

In my opinion taking charge of a well-prepared team is not a big job.

In other words, the Church acknowledges Science as the higher authority.

Words have power. Words created this universe... Everything started with the Word. The Bible says, 'In the beginning was the word.' In the same way, your words have creative power.

In a corporation, there can only be one guy in the end: the CEO.

In the end, the responsibility of government abuse lies with the president.

Being a leader doesn't mean you created something or you did something great in the past or some other person has given you any kind of authority.

The state is in danger of falling into disrepute due to the evidence of its inadequate resources.

The system of mass incarceration depends almost entirely on the cooperation of those it seeks to control.

The general manager is kind of like the step into darkness when you reach the top of the league. As GM, you're responsible for everything, including the maitre d's and the sommeliers - all these people who have their own agendas. But you probably make less than the maitre d' and have a lot more work and a lot more headaches.

Is not liberty the destruction of all despotism - including, of course, legal despotism?

I will continue to enforce all the laws, including illegal immigration. Nothing changes.

You have to accept the rule of law, even when it's inconvenient, if you're going to be a country that bides by the rule of law.

I think we live in a country that sometimes forgets how effective the rule of law is, perhaps because our governments have often found it inconvenient.

Many children fully realize their parents see them as astonishing creatures and incorporate that into their daily presentations. That is, they throw their stuff on the floor because if you are truly amazing you can pretty much do what you want. Right?

Debt ceiling is something that, you know, any time the president asks for the authority to increase the debt ceiling, the debt burden on our children and grandchildren, I think that requires a pretty serious discussion, robust debate.

You don't make a system more effective by increasing the number of regulators.