Quotes About Dominance

Don't start an argument with somebody who has a microphone when you don't. They'll make you look like chopped liver.

Reasonable argument is impossible when authority becomes the arbiter.

What use are the best of arguments when they can be destroyed by force?

If you change the rules on what controls you... you will change the rules on what you can control.

Should one ask: 'how do I cope with a well-ordered enemy host about to attack me?' I reply: seize something he cherishes and he will conform to your desires.

The clever combatant imposes his will on the enemy, but does not allow the enemy's will to be imposed on him.

Politics is the art of controlling your environment.

Ancient art was the tyrant of Egypt, the mistress of Greece and the servant of Rome.

The end of the republic is to enervate and to weaken all other bodies so as to increase its own body.

Tyranny has no need of arts or sciences, for its policy, which is very shallow and without any refinement, only consists in shedding blood.

What thou meanest by seizing the whole earth; but because I do it with a petty ship, I am called a robber, whilst thou who dost it with a great fleet art styled emperor.

Necessity is stronger far than art.

It is the powerful who know how to honour, it is their art, their domain for invention.

I do use art as a site of protest, particularly in relation to dominant narratives.

There's just a whole different attitude and vibe when you're not in power as when you're in power.

I fear that once you put weapons in men's hands, they don't let go of them easily.

He says money always wins the day in the end.

But dominance doesn't just originate from brute force or threats of violence. Any relation of unequal power, whether enforced by threats or by other social means, such as customs, will create a form of dominance, because it amounts to being

absolute power corrupts absolutely.

First perfected by Cortés in Mexico, it was based on the observation that the best way for the Spanish to subdue opposition was to capture the indigenous leader. This strategy enabled the Spanish to claim the accumulated wealth of the leader and coerce the indigenous peoples to give tribute and food. The next step was setting themselves up as the new elite of the indigenous society and taking control of the existing methods of taxation, tribute, and, particularly, forced labor. When

Because elites dominating extractive institutions fear creative destruction, they will resist it, and any growth that germinates under extractive institutions will be ultimately short lived.

the iron law of oligarchy.

Markets can be dominated by a few firms, charging exorbitant prices and blocking the entry of more efficient rivals and new technologies. Markets, left to their own devices, can cease to be inclusive, becoming increasingly dominated by the economically and politically powerful. Inclusive economic institutions require not just markets, but inclusive markets that create a level playing field and economic opportunities for the majority of the people.

and when I finish with your toes and fingers, I'll move on to your nose and ears! Steve yelled. But first I'll cut your eyelids off, so you can see everything that I'm gonna do. After that I'll— Steve, I wheezed, stopping him midflow. Want to know the secret of winning a fight like this? Less talking — more stabbing.