1,121 Quotes About Authority

We all live inside the terrible engine of authority, and it grinds and shrieks and burns so that no one will say: lines on maps are silly.

If the pope, the bishops, and the priests were not subject to the worldly and coercive power of the prince, the authority of the prince would be challenged, and thus, with it, an order would be challenged that, as had been demonstrated previously, had been decreed by God.

Responsibility without authority is slavery.

Creativity without discipline will struggle, creativity with discipline will succeed.

Power plunders powerless.

The anxiety in knowing that you will lose the power is always more than knowing that you will gain it.

The opinion of powerful always seems convincing.

When someone drops his authority for you, you should at least drop your ego for him.

Time is the hidden constituent to architecture and the power that is wielded through it. The awe of architecture, the intractable monumental weight, seeks to concretise authority into history forever.