Quotes About Authority

But now, I, August Comte, have discovered the truth. Therefore, there is no longer any need for freedom of thought or freedom of the press. I want to rule and to organize the whole country.

Government is not capable of caring. Government gets things done through coercion. They fine, they penalize, they tax, they confiscate, they jail, they bully to get what they want.

Take me to the Brig. I want to see the "real Marines".

My dream is to do whatever I want without any interference from the record company.

The people want wholesome dread. They want to fear something. They want someone to frighten them and make them shudderingly submissive.

My take is this. The Republicans control the Senate. They have the majority of the House, and they have the White House. They can do whatever they want to do, really.

People aren't blind. They know - they want to have a country where people who are coming in are known to our authorities, those who are in charge of this.

Charisma is the intangible that makes people want to follow you, to be around you, to be influenced by you.

The best people to have power are the ones who don't want it.

A leader is the man who has the ability to get other people to do what they don't want to do, and like it.

I am a control freak. I want to do what I want to do.

The Lord is the General, and he has the right . . . the sovereign right . . . to put us where he wants in the battle.

I know from personal experience, if a chef yelled at me in a kitchen, the first thing I'd want to do is hit them with a pot.

The time for arguing about the powers the people want is over. It's time now to use the powers that we have.

Shaq is not the man. He's the man because the NBA wants him to be the man, but before you can be the man, you've got to be the man.

Chinese people need to be controlled; otherwise, they will do whatever they want.

Well, I'm kinda like George Carlin. I think that there ought to be a time where everybody should have all the drugs they want and there'd be nobody in charge, sort of like... now!

Don't say 'the White House wants.' Buildings can't want.

JUDGE LITTLEFIELD: Good. Now, when I come to court dressed as Ethel Merman in a one-piece bathing suit, that'll be my signal to you that I want your opinion! BAILIFF: Yes, sir.

JUDGE LITTLEFIELD (re: the writ): Cunningham, I do not like it when lawyers go over my head. CUNNINGHAM: You gave me no choice. EL-FAYOUMY: Objection, Your Honor!!! As human beings, we always have choice! Motion to strike! JUDGE LITTLEFIELD: Mr. El-Fajita, you are aware that the trial hasn't actually begun yet, right?

Any state that justifies and defends the use of torture claims for itself special rights over any other consideration.

When ministers wield absolute authority, everyone loses, even God.

God's plan is defined by him alone. He sets up the terms; we don't. God is not a power we can just use for our benefit. If we want to come to God, we must come on his terms and enter his Kingdom his way. As the one who created us and loves us, God knows how we ought to live. If we try to do things our own way, we are only asking for trouble.

7So humble yourselves before God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.