Quotes About Authority

That the king can do no wrong is a necessary and fundamental principle of the English constitution.

The king, moreover, is not only incapable of doing wrong, but even of thinking wrong: he can never mean to do an improper thing: in him is no folly or weakness.

The Law is the true embodimentOf everything that's excellent.It has no kind of fault or flaw,And I, my Lords, embody the Law.

Stick close to your desks and never go to sea,And you all may be Rulers of the Queen's Navee!

I am the Captain of the Pinafore;And a right good captain too!

It is, it is a glorious thingTo be a Pirate King.

Despite my efforts, I was something less than a model student, subject to passionate eruptions in class and wild excursions into related topics. At home I rehearsed calm deliveries, practiced lowering my voice to make it sound authoritative and cool, but in the heat of the moment, I would always forget.

Alone, I was strident and articulate in a way I could never be when I faced him. His presence made me shrink, and though it irritated me, I also looked forward to that sensation of being dwarfed, couldn't wait to sit beside him in his office again.

The union of the family lies in love; and love is the only reconciliation of authority and liberty.

There couldn't be better parents than mine, loving yet strict. They disciplined with love. A child without discipline is, in away, a lost child. You cannot have freedom without discipline.

Obedience keeps the rules. Love knows when to break them.

Ceremonies are the first thing to be attended to in the practice of government.

The love of power excludes all others.

I would love to direct some day. It's a good job for a control freak.

The love of fame is almost another name for the love of excellence; or it is the ambition to attain the highest excellence, sanctioned by the highest authority, that of time.

It is not love, or morality, or international law that determines the outcome of world affairs, but the changing distribution of organized force

We love force and we care very little how it is exhibited.

I always seemed to fall in love with policemen.

Listen to your parents. Be obedient to them whether you agree with them or not. They love you more than anyone else and have your best interests at heart.

Whenever domination is present, love is lacking.

This isn't about love as in caring. This is about property as in ownership.

We are inadvertently in love with the Influence of Power and we need to be in love with the Power of Influence.

Parents learn the uses of power and its limits. They can insist on certain outward behavior but cannot change inner attitudes. They can require obedience but not goodness - and certainly not love.

Regard a king as someone unconcerned with kingship.