Quotes About Authority

Wizard's Sixth Rule: the only sovereign you can allow to rule you is reason.

A Seeker is a person who answers to no one but himself; he is a law unto himself. The Sword of Truth is his to wield as he wishes, and within the limits of his own strength, he can hold anyone to answer for anything.

Dictators always seek to take weapons away from people so that there can be no effective opposition to their rule.

Like it or not, the aggressor makes the rules.

Michael often said that information was the coin of power, and that it was not a coin to be spent frivolously.

People more and more view law and order, and view the police who are representatives of law and order, as oppressors rather than protectors.

Eliminate the tyranny of magic from mankind.

conquering territory is one thing, while administering it is quite another.

Be warned, child, you have the true power of the tongue. You have never seen it. It will be a terrible doing if you ever let it loose.

It was a tradition for any new emperor to kick-start his reign with a little military adventure – and Trajan especially wasn't going to be left out. Kicking ass on the frontiers helped an emperor to stamp his authority on the Empire, built his reputation and kept the army busy. Besides, Trajan took 'delight in war'.19 Decebalus

medieval monarchs was reassuringly downmarket. For example

The proposed sixth sola is this: sola ecclesia, the church alone, meaning salvation may be found in the church alone. 3

She was already learning that if you ignore the rules people will, half the time, quietly rewrite them so that they don't apply to you.

Steal five dollars and you're a common thief. Steal thousands and you're either the government or a hero.

What kind of man would put a known criminal in charge of a major branch of government? Apart from, say, the average voter.

I get it,' said the prisoner. 'Good Cop, Bad Cop, eh?' If you like.' said Vimes. 'But we're a bit short staffed here, so if I give you a cigarette would you mind kicking yourself in the teeth?

Ankh-Morpork had dallied with many forms of government and had ended up with that form of democracy known as One Man, One Vote. The Patrician was the Man; he had the Vote.

Perhaps it would be simpler if you just did what you're told and didn't try to understand things.

Commander, I always used to consider that you had a definite anti-authoritarian streak in you." "Sir?" "It seems that you have managed to retain this even though you are authority." "Sir?" "That's practically zen.

She got on with her education. In her opinion, school kept on trying to interfere with it.

Bishops move diagonally. That's why they often turn up where the kings don't expect them to be.

Two types of people laugh at the law: those that break it and those that make it.

One of the hardest lessons in young Sam's life had been finding out that the people in charge weren't in charge. It had been finding out that governments were not, on the whole, staffed by people who had a grip, and that plans were what people made instead of thinking.

Verence would rather cut his own leg off than put a witch in prison, since it'd save trouble in the long run and probably be less painful.