Quotes About Authority

Surgido el orden, el hombre ha adquirido el derecho de controlar el sexo y la fuerza bruta, sustituyendo a la naturaleza.

Como los pobres no confiamos en la autoridad, no había riesgo de que ella reportara mi caso a la policía, pero, al menos, quería entregarle algo de dinero.

the principal and his bald head came to mind.

they had a power far beyond their numbers. That was also what made a girls' high school so frightening.

For the images of the gods are much easier to misuse for human purposes than the gods themselves. Images have no will and no desires. Statues stand for nothing but the goals of the rulers. … The word of a god is, in truth, only the word of the one who erected his statue.

How can I rule anyone - when you so completely rule me?

We had for so long accepted her obedience to our will that when it ceased to be given naturally, it came as a considerable chock; yet there was no option but to accept the change, strange and bewildering as it was, for obedience cannot be extorted.

changed the course of history, but the process was not yet complete. It was only when Jesus returned at the Parousia that "we shall all be changed" and "death be swallowed up in victory."64 Then and only then would Christ establish the Kingdom, "deposing every sovereignty, authority, and power."65

men and women were naturally prone to lie, steal, and murder, and these evil impulses could be forcibly held in check only by a strong, authoritative government.

One must either rule side by side or be subdued entirely.

Such power, and carried with such careless grace. How that must burden him.

No soft-skinned, lace-covered, dandified profligate would ever take this house and make it his. Ever.

I dislike being held to a set of rules for no reason other than to create the impression of order, whether it exists or not.

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She did not care.they where obedient. They died at her word. That was important, the rest was nothing.

kneel Your Grace, he said curtly, Unless you presume to tell a man of God that he may also fuck himself? Rhian nearly lost her balance, coming off the last dais step.

You will treat me with respect. He didn't say anything for a moment. What does that mean? he finally asked. She looked over at him. Do I need to explain that, your lordship? I would think an earl of your reputed stature would know the meaning of respect.

Everything Jacen did to grab power was within the law. There's law, and there's justice, and sometimes they're not the same thing.

I don't mind being shot at. It's having a government that lies to me that I hate.

The monsters don't run the gulags and the death camps and the reeducation centers. Regular people do. If they all had the balls to say no, the likes of Halsey, Zhou, or Stalin could never do it all on their own. Could they?

But such is power, you get it, then you do things with it. And then you have to live with it.

think what you like, hate who you like, because that's between you and God, but you will act as the community requires, or the community will no longer require you.

A dog has a military mind. He respects the chain of command. He needs to know who's in charge for the good of the whole pack, and if there's no leader, he'll take the job himself- because somebody has to. The difference between a human and a dog, though, is that the dog doesn't lie awake at night dreaming of having that power. p341

I know you're an adult, but adults are like vampires. The older ones are much more powerful.