Jorge Rafael Videla Quotes

He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.

He that cannot obey, cannot command.

I've never wanted to be the boss.

He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command.

Your foreman or supervisor gives you more or-else orders in a week than the police do in a decade.

My relationship to power and authority is that I'm all for it...People need somebody to watch over them.... Ninety-five percent of the people in the world need to be told what to do and how to behave.

Everywhere in life, everywhere in the world, there has to be bosses.

Through obedience learn to command.

All are born to observe order, but few are born to establish it.

Learn to obey before you command.

A sailing ship is no democracy; you don't caucus a crew as to where you'll go anymore than you inquire when they'd like to shorten sail.

I don't mind how much my Ministers talk, so long as they do what I say.

A disciplined person is one who follows the will of the one who gives the orders.

Like a good parent can't also be his child's best friend, a leader with authority requires some separation from subordinates.

So I still seized the power, but I felt that if I officially made myself the boss, in black and white, it would be too intimidating for the other producers and the other men who worked on the show. In other words, I had the power, but I gave them the title.

With my team I am an absolute czar. My men know it. I order plays and they obey. If the don't, I fine them.

A leader is admired, a boss is feared.

The man whose authority is recent is always stern.

I am a director. I'm the one who can order men around.

They must be governed by and be subordinate to you.

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

Those who can, must obey.

Some people need a command-and-control environment.

I don't like having managers.

When I was captain, John Wright was making all the decisions and I followed like an obedient student.