Authority Quotes

"I have as much authority as the Pope, I just don’t have as many people who believe it" "He who cannot obey himself will be commanded" "Russia needs a strong state power and must have it. But I am not calling for totalitarianism." "You must obey the law, always, not only when they grab you by your special place." "Give a man a free hand and he'll run it all over you" "Education is a weapon whose effects depend on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed. " "We don't let them have ideas. Why would we let them have guns?" "Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy" "Power is competence" "Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown." "He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled" "There’s plenty of law at the end of a nightstick." "Power has to be insecure to be responsive." "I believe my most important quality is my voice. It conveys calmness, which can be helpful in times of panic. It also carries authority, which you need in order to get respect." "It is certain, in any case, that ignorance allied with power is the most ferocious enemy justice can have" "The more that laws and regulations are given prominence, the more thieves and robbers there will be." "He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command" "People are terrified of me, and I want them to be" "Leadership is influence" "Everything rises and falls on leadership "