Aldous Huxley Quotes

Back in those days intimidation was the greatest tool the drill instructor had. Without that tool, he would not have had control.

Those who know the least obey the best.

Once a person insists on how you are to think he immediately begins to insist on how you are to behave.

Would you rather lead an army of slaves?

I am a collaborator with everyone who agrees that I need to be in control. I happily collaborate with my loyalists.

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

He does what I have always needed to have done to me, and that is that he dominates me.

The wise become as the unwise in the enchanted chambers of Power, whose lamps make every face the same colour.

My instincts are always against people who want to fasten some sort of hegemony onto things.

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.

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

There's always been a man telling me what to do.

The man whose authority is recent is always stern.

America will always side with those whom she can direct, give orders to and have those orders obeyed.

He who demands does not command.

The strongest bulwark of authority is uniformity; the least divergence from it is the greatest crime.

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

The people may be made to follow a path of action, but they may not be made to understand it.

Treat them so that they think that they are like dogs. And if they ever believe that they are not like dogs, then you have lost control over them

I do not blame those who wish to rule the Athenians, but those who are over-ready to serve.

Power over a man's support is a power over his will.

The power of the master must be absolute to render the submission of the slave perfect.

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

Those who fear men like laws.

Anticipatory obedience teaches authorities what is possible and accelerates unfreedom.