Quotes About Authority

Be easy and condescending in your deportment to your officers, but not too familiar, lest you subject yourself to a want of respect, which is necessary to support a proper command.

The taxing power of the Federal Government, my dear; the taxing power is sufficient for everything you want and need.

You want me to tell you what my husband thinks? My husband is not secretary of state; I am. If you want my opinion, I will tell you my opinion. I am not going to be channeling my husband.

I'm a Congressman, and can do whatever I want

People who can't rely on their wits and intelligence to reach success -- that's not what government is about, and that's not what I want.

People desire power. I don't know why they want it so. It seems to me it implies a hugely superior intellect which separates them from most of the populace.

I'm basically a control freak. It's not because I want to be. I'm not at all into the power play that's involved in it.

Any person who wants to govern the world is by definition the wrong person to do it.

I'm a creature of the night for God's sake And she wants me home by eleven?

I'm gradually beginning to feel that we Chinese need to be controlled. If we're not being controlled, we'll just do what we want.

I can start the rain. Bring thunder. Bring lightning. Want to see?

I think that the inventors can do anything they want, and nobody can say anything otherwise.

Oh God, if you want women to never again raise their voices, then create an adult man!

Donald Trump has a grand direction. He doesn't have a grand strategy. He wants to re-establish American authority and power and to relaunch the American economy.

Those government officials who want more power are not going to stop unless they get stopped.

Both the liberal and the conservative are in agreement: it is all very well to let the people alone, but only if they do what you want them to do.

[Eva Braun] always said, "you're the Führer, you can do whatever you want to do."

When I want you to beg, I'll tell you.

You can't take a play someone has directed and do whatever you want with it.

I do have certain feelings. My feeling is that whoever is in charge, I want him out.

Obey, obey, obey, then do what you want.

Decide exactly what you want to achieve. Do you want to help people, or do you want to be powerful?

One thing I want you to understand is if I make a decision, it's my decision.

So I didn't pass. It was the army's decision that they didn't want me to go into the service. They're the boss. I don't want to say no whole lot about it.