Quotes About Authority

Those in possession of absolute power can not only prophesy and make their prophecies come true, but they can also lie and make their lies come true.

Steady, firm, and kind government of prisoners is the truest humanity and the best exercise of duty. It is with convicts as with children: unseasonable indulgence, indiscreetly granted, leads to mischiefs which we may deplore but cannot repair.

Powerful people cannot afford to educate the people that they oppress, because once you are truly educated, you will not ask for power. You will take it.

I see upon their noble brows the seal of the Lord, for they were born kings of the earth far more truly than those who possess it only from having bought it.

I truly believe that all power corrupts. Such is probably the thinking behind every political film ever made in Hollywood.

I don't think I would want the responsibility for enforcing the death penalties. There's always the inevitable question of whether someone you gave the order to execute might truly have been innocent.

For Donald Trump, any opposition, either personal, ideological, or political is treason. Anyone who stands in his path betrays the Great Leader. Anyone who fails to take the knee is a traitor.

If Trump becomes president, he wouldn't be afraid to step on toes. And he'll be feared by the world.

It's not just that both Putin and Trump lie, it is that they lie in the same way and for the same purpose: blatantly, to assert power over truth itself.

We're gonna run this state like Donald J. Trump is running America.

We have all these strong men in politics - whether it's Brazil, or the Philippines, or Trump, or Putin. They're all big men: it's let's look up to them, don't be afraid, they're looking after things. It's so fundamentally anti-democratic.

To say no to President Trump would be saying no to God.

Trump has been - has shown himself to be the most ignorant president that we've ever had. He has shown himself to be the one that disregards law more so than any other president we've had.

Who the heck is Donald Trump to fire me? I regret I didn't tell Donald Trump, 'You need to fire your barber. I'm sorry. I ain't feeling you, man. You're fired! I fire you, Donald Trump.'

What you have with Mr. Trump is you have a clear leader, a person who - he said it best - is not going to be toyed with.

People understand that Trump is a born leader.

Donald Trump is the steadfast leader our nation needs.

Don't trust anyone over 30.

I asked a ref if he could give me a technical foul for thinking bad things about him. He said, of course not. I said, well, I think you stink. And he gave me a technical. You can't trust em.

The Supreme Court's only armor is the cloak of public trust; its sole ammunition, the collective hopes of our society.

My doctor has never mandated I do anything, ever. It's one of the reasons I trust him so much.

If someone's making a decision on your behalf, make sure you trust them.

The power to remove an individual from office is reserved for the greatest betrayals of public trust, not just because you disagree with someone.

I would trust citizen journalism as much as I would trust citizen surgery.