Authority Quotes

"When you put on a uniform, there are certain inhibitions that you accept." "The most basic question is not what is best, but who shall decide what is best" "You don’t lead by hitting people over the head that’s assault, not leadership" "It is not wisdom but authority that makes a law" "The law always limits every power it gives." "If men were angels no government would be necessary" "The more powerful you are, the more your behavior changes the rules." "If you want power, at some point you will have to convince some humans to trust you" "The office of the sovereign, be it a monarch or an assembly, consisteth in the end for which he was entrusted with the sovereign power, namely the procuration of the safety of the people." "The obligation of subjects to the sovereign is understood to last as long and no longer than the power lasteth by which he is able to protect them." "Power is not a means it is an end" "Power is sweet; it is a drug, the desire for which increases with a habit" "Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing." "The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power." "Intellectuals may like to imagine themselves as people who speak truth to power, but too often they are people who speak lies to gain power"