Authority Quotes

"Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power." "If you hate your parents, the man, or the establishment, don't show them up by getting wasted and wrapping your car around a tree" "Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under" "Before I refuse to take your questions, I have an opening statement" "A wealthy man is a slave to his employees" "He who has great power should use it lightly." "The monarch and his ministers should work as one body." "If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared" "The man who lets a leader prescribe his course is a wreck being towed to the scrap heap" "They teach you to just stay in line" "It is much safer to be feared than loved" "Severities should be dealt out all at once" "It is not wisdom but authority that makes a law" "When there is no common power, there is no law." "The reputation of power is power."