Lucius Accius Quotes

The thing about Republicans is that they don't care so much about respect, but they love fear, at least in others.

We would rather be feared than respected.

Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power.

You can't be loved for long if you're not feared.

Sometimes fear is used as a way to control.

The Authority has the power to turn everyone against me, and they have.

Let them hate me, so long as they fear me.

The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance.

Fear is the foundation of most governments.

Power over others is weakness disguised as strength.

Let them hate as long as they fear.

Can you be cruel and proud? For a great man among the commonalty, and in particular among such as we shall have to do with, will not be thought anything worth if he be not feared and dreaded, and at times renowned for his cruelty. It is thus that the Flemings wish to be governed; and among them men's lives should be no more valued, nor should they have more pity shown to them, than swallows or larks, which are caught in the proper season for the table.

Don’t you shit me George. You and I know who has the power in Alabama.

To repress rebellion is to maintain the status quo, a condition which binds the mortal creature in a state of intellectual or physical slavery. But it is impossible to chain man merely by slaving his body; the mind also must be held, and to accomplish this, fear is the accepted weapon. The common man must fear life, fear death, fear God, fear the Devil, and fear most the overlords, the keepers of his destiny.

The more power there is, the more bondage, the more fear.

You keep folks so intimidated. You can give them money, access, but they're still scared. And as long as you're scared, you're on the plantation.

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

If you think of yourselves as helpless and ineffectual, it is certain that you will create a despotic government to be your master. The wise despot, therefore, maintains among his subjects a popular sense that they are helpless and ineffectual.

Fear of death has been the greatest ally of tyranny past and present.

Authority poisons everybody who takes authority on himself.

You carry forever the fingerprint that comes from being under someone's thumb.

The world is full of little dictators trying to run your life.

Fear is something I instill in other people, mostly young girls.

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

Machiavelli taught me it was better to be feared than loved. Because if you are loved they sense you might be weak. I am a man of the people and help them but it is important to do so through strength.