Quotes About Authority

What children learn from punishment is that might makes right. When they are old and strong enough, they will try to get their own back; thus many children punish their parents by acting in ways distressing to them.

Punishment may make us obey the orders we are given, but at best it will only teach an obedience to authority, not a self-control which enhances our self-respect.

The practice of putting women on pedestals began to die out when it was discovered that they could give better orders from there.

THIS IS DICK -- DON'T TOUCH!!!

Well, " said her daddy, "your careless heedlessness has almost lost me my life. I am now going to give you a spanking." And he did and so dinner was a snuffling red-eyed meal filled with cold looks and long silences and the cheese souffle, which was delicious.

I shot the sheriff?

Rebellion sounded like a lot of fun, but in Calcutta there was nothing to rebel against. Where would it get you?

The blame lies with anyone who confuses protection with power.

For the Buddha, the key to liberation is mental purity and correct understanding, and for this reason he rejects the notion that we can gain salvation by leaning on any external authority.

The teaching is concerned with the arising and cessation of suffering, which can be observed in one's own experience. It does not set up even the Buddha as an unimpeachable authority but invites us to examine him to determine whether he fully deserves our trust and confidence.

It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in princes.

But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.

The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.

By justice a king gives a country stability.

The greatest sin a man or woman can commit is the abuse of power.

Fashion, n. A despot whom the wise ridicule and obey.

A nation that will not enforce its laws has no claim to the respect and allegiance of its people.

I am Zebedee, lord of the woods! Bow down snail, I have dominion!

Someone who spoke English had been listening to his speeches of promised freedom and would have realized they were the drunken lies of men who have titles of power but no authority to exercise it.

Never tell anyone to go to hell unless you can make 'em go.

Being President is a lot like running a cemetery. You've got a lot of people under you and nobody's listening.

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.

Being President is like being the groundskeeper in a cemetery: there are a lot of people under you, but none of them are listening.

The truth is that parents are not really interested in justice. They just want quiet.