Quotes About Authority

I watch Stewart. He has the most interesting face. It is beautiful, young, almost childlike, and yet with a power and authority in his features. In another time he would have been a young warrior, a Lost Prince exiled from his kingdom. But he's from this time, this place, so he's just some "at risk" kid who can't find a place for himself in the straight world.

The iron hand crush'd the Tyrant's head And became a Tyrant in his stead.

You cannot be an elitist, a magician, and be plugged into the system.

Lust of power burns more fiercely than all the passions combined.

Tous les travailleurs de l'industrie et des bureaux sont des employés et subissent donc une forme de surveillance qui garantit leur servilité.

Know the extent of your authority and exercise it. Establish and maintain authority.

Although the masters make the rules for the wise men and the fools, I've got nothing, Ma,

The traditional joke stereotype of the board is 'the unworthy appointed by the unwilling for the unnecessary'.

4. Politicians: Insufferable egotists pretending to be "public servants.

I think it is important for people who are given leadership roles to assume that role immediately.

If people are following, you're leading. Otherwise you aren't." – Bob Lewis

Everyone who isn't a victim has some ability to lead. And it's probably fair to say that those who consider themselves to be leaders never accept victimhood

No, the one thing all IT people do have in common is this: They think they know better than the boss.

And hey Mr. CopAin't got no birth certificate on me now

WHAT? Maybe you didn't hear exactly how big my plans are? Big enough to be PRESIDENT president!" I'll say. But that's my job!" he'll say. Look, are you a naysayer?" I'll say. Do you say 'NAY'? I say." Uh . . . no?" he'll say. Then it's settled," I'll say. You're third in charge, reporting directly to the mynah bird!

All of us have the potential to be an Absalom, and all of us have the potential to be a David. Absalom felt rejected by his father, David, so he took revenge by seeking to usurp his father's sphere of authority. David felt rejected by Absalom, but he allowed that rejection to keep him soft and crying out to God.

The trouble with government as it is, is that it doesn't represent the people. It controls them." Uh-oh, the reporter thought. Topics like these, he knew, were strictly off-limits. But John persisted. "All they seem to want to do

Trump liked signing. It meant he was doing things, and he had an up-and-down penmanship that looked authoritative in black Magic Marker.

I'm never nervous when I go to meet heads of state. I feel they should be nervous, because they are the ones who'll be held accountable for the lives their decisions will impact the most.

Suicide offers quick authority over a life that feels it has lost all agency.

One of the highest and surest signs of civilization is that a people have learned to obey the commands of those who are placed over them.

Got 'ny sense! See here, bub, does your mother know you're out?

The double-headed eagle that serves the Russian Empire as its crest illustrates quite magnificently the entire system of government of that country, where any matter of even the slightest importance is not entrusted to a single authority but at least two

You can build a throne with bayonets, but you can't sit on it for long.