Quotes About Authority

I got in trouble with the stern-faced Russians who didn't want me to create a guy who is mortal.

Who gets to decide what you want?

You want me to be a man,older than you, who goes by the name of Roullard.

I understand the directors much more. I was always rebelling against them when I was a youngster, I didn't want to be told what to do. I had no identification.

The heart of government, coated with whatever velvet gloves you want to put on it, is a mailed fist of force and coercion.

A lot of people in the crowd want to be told what to do; if you just put your hands up, they do it.

PRESIDENT, n. The leading figure in a small group of men of whom - and of whom only - it is positively known that immense numbers of their countrymen did not want any of them for President.

I am not a national leader. If I am a national leader I can speak out all that I want.

The industry now wants to be in charge of everything.

I'm not the government. Nor would I EVER want to be the government - I don't know how you feel about government, but I'm not really happy about them.

If someone is talking to you and tells you that you ought to do something, and you can tell they mean it, those are the scary people. Those are the people you want to watch out for.

Everybody wants to manage me; management is a touchy situation.

As to your families my counsel is, never lay down your authority to a wife or child, but treat them so kindly they will never want to leave you.

Their opposition to Christianity is not intellectual. They simply do not want Christ to reign over them!

Power is always a corrupting influence. In this mythical time - let's call it medieval, feudal - people in power are dictatorial and don't want their positions of power to be threatened.

I've never played a character where I've had so much fun on the physical end. I don't want to say I like it too much but it's fun having a gun on you and getting to manhandle men.

You don't mess with janitors, first of all, they have like 40 keys, and 1 is to a closet you don't want to be inside of.

If you're in the White House, it's your house, and you can invite whatever friend you want.

I think what the American people want more than anything else is a strong and decisive leader.

Why don't we save time and you just tell me what I want?

Your folks are god, you love them and you want to make them happy but you still want to make up your own rules.

This is a weakness of the world. Someone thinks they've discovered something for the first time. They want to be authoritative about it.

I'm in a unique position - I can do what I want.

When it comes to the military, I don't want to discuss things. I want to let - I want to let the action take place before the talk takes place