Authority Quotes

"Leaders who do not act dialogically but insist on imposing their decisions do not organize the people they manipulate them" "Covenants without the sword are but words and of no strength to secure a man at all" "Justice is a machine that, when someone has once given it the starting push, rolls on of itself" "Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't" "Resist much, obey little" "The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse" "You can do a lot with diplomacy, but with diplomacy backed up by force you can get a lot more done" "Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job" "There are roads which must not be followed, armies which must not be attacked, towns which must not be besieged, positions which must not be contested, commands of the sovereign which must not be obeyed." "If there is disturbance in the camp, the general's authority is weak." "Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence." "In the general course of human nature, a power over a man's subsistence amounts to a power over his will" "Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac" "Power is not given to you. You have to take it." "Kim has a lot of powers of attorney, lay off it." "Pretend to be completely in control and people will assume that you are" "I always distrust people who know so much about what God wants them to do to their fellows." "One man with a gun can control 100 without one" "Trust is good but control is better" "The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn"