Louis Farrakhan Quotes

Power never turns power down, ever, unless institutionally demanded.

Our schools and colleges are turning out people who cannot feel fulfilled unless they are telling other people what to do.

He who demands does not command.

The exercise of authority is odious, and they who know how to govern, leave it in abeyance as much as possible.

You are my creator, but I am your master; Obey!

Next to enjoying ourselves, the next greatest pleasure consists in preventing others from enjoying themselves, or, more generally, in the acquisition of power.

Authority is not a quality one person 'has', in the sense that he has property or physical qualities. Authority refers to an interpersonal relation in which one person looks upon another as somebody superior to him.

Power is not something that can be assumed or discarded at will like underwear.

The concept of power we admire is power over someone else.

To have command is to have all the power you will ever need. To have all the power you will ever need, is to have the world in the palm of you hand.

Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room.

The majority is still at the General's disposal.

You are controlling because I want you to do it, not because of the situation or what needs to be done.

Authority is something from which we are constantly subtracting, of which there remains always a residue, and which we attempt to make smaller and smaller.

He who can destroy a thing, can control a thing.

You have no power at all if you do not exercise constant power.

And I particularly like the whole thing of being boss. Boss and employee... It's the slave quality that I find very alluring.

Every reign must submit to a greater reign.

The power to command has never meant the power to remain mysterious.

The man whose authority is recent is always stern.

Authority figures are so irritating. Because they always tell you to do things for reasons that aren't very good. That sums up what authority is about for me.

It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.

He who allows me to rule is in fact my master.

I always remember I'm the monkey and he's the organ-grinder.

France is obsessed with power. Our mythology of power bears the imprint of nostalgia and obsolescence.