Quotes About Authority

What is focus and who has the right to say what focus is the legitimate focus?

El Señor no tolera ni el orgullo ni la soberbia en sus criaturas. No se puede desafiar a Dios, ni pretender acercarse a los límites que ha establecido entre el Cielo y la Tierra.*

The pig reached the assembly of servants, and the maids shrieked, running in every possible direction. Stunned by the sudden movement, the pig stopped, raised its snout; and let out a hellish squeal—and then another, and another, and... "Will you shut up!" Dunford commanded. The pig, sensing authority, didn't just shut up—it actually laid down.

She didn"t like to be thwarted, and she certainly did not enjoy admitting that she might not be able to arrange her world—and the people inhabiting it—to her satisfaction.

That's all he said?' Mrs. Royle demanded. 'He's not one for lengthy explanations,' Honoria said. 'Powerful men do not explain their actions,' Cecily announced dramatically.

Is a broken king really better than a mad one?

Be grateful that I do not order you destroyed.

Since George was a child he had led the Rokesby family with a firm but fair hand. He was a pillar; he was strength.

We shall be leaders of crone fashion!" "Arbiters of cronish taste.

This demonstration of power, indifferent to the law, is highly dangerous.

Governments unaccountable to law are tyrannies, whatever they might call themselves, no matter how exceptional and indispensable they declare themselves to be.

Now, there's a desire for order, authority coming from a feeling that society has gone too far to the side of individualism and liberalism.

I would much rather see responsibilities exercised by individuals than have them imposed by the government.

I just don't think our best are in politics. I think these guys are inept.

In any court-like environment of power, you will inevitably find people who are drawn to those who are successful or powerful, not out of admiration, but out of secret envy.

I've always found that in a team of 15 people, it's a little different than in a team of 40 or 50 people. If I name two or three people captains, inevitably you're disempowering more than you're empowering.

Denial exists because human infants, though equipped with trust-o-meters, are built to trust, blindly and absolutely, any older person who wanders past.

The courts are supposed to be the inferior branch of our three branches of government.

Affluence means influence.

It's not the money. It's not the fame. It's the influence.

Many bad books have had great influence.

I guess I don't really feel like I have that much power to influence that many people.

Now that I'm a political pundit, I have the ability to influence people.

Government influences your life every day. If there's a war, they're not drafting guys my age.