Quotes About Authority

Je öfter sich ein Politiker widerspricht, desto größer ist er.

Only the freedom of mind can prevent the state from becoming totalitarian and from issuing totalitarian demands.

Power is paradoxical.

The state is nothing but an instrument of opression of one class by another--no less so in a democratic republic than in a monarchy.

Morality is the best of all devices for leading mankind by the nose.

What is good? All that heightens the feeling of power, the will to power, power itself in man.

Power is the most persuasive rhetoric.

No emperor has the power to dictate to the heart.

The voice of the majority is no proof of justice.

Do I need to go down and get the certificate that says I'm CEO of the company to get you to stop challenging me on this?

Power perceived is power achieved.

While the words are yet unspoken, you are master of them; when once they are spoken, they are master of you.

Deferring to authority is nothing more than a cowardly shirking of personal responsibility. The more power you grant an authority figure the worse you can behave in his name. That's why people who take God as their ultimate authority are always capable of the worst humanity has to offer.

Zen is the complete absence of belief. Zen is the complete lack of authority.

Zen is the complete absence of belief. Zen is the complete lack of authority. Zen tears away every false refuge in which you might hide from the truth and forces you to sit naked before what is real. That's real refuge.

The loudest person is not the best leader.

Seth is in charge of my tombstone.

That is my right. I am your grandfather. And this is my property." "I am your grandson. You should tell me the truth. You're not setting a very good example.

He'll just snap his fingers and turn us to dust.

You will not harm my friends," Knox said. "And you will start showing me the respect I deserve. Because I am your king.

This is none of your concern, goatman," Cloudwing warned.

A man can only lead when others accept him as their leader, and he has only as much authority as his subjects give to him. All of the brilliant ideas in the world cannot save your kingdom if no one will listen to them.

Strength does not make one capable of rule; it makes one capable of service.

Authority doesn't come from a rank.," Kaladin said, fingering the spheres in his pocket. "Where does it come from?" "From the men who give it to you. That's the only way to get it.