Victor L. Berger Quotes

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

There has to be absolute trust between the tiger and its master, but its master must be the master - there must be no mistake about that.

Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.

I was the law and order.

The state is force incarnate, its essence is command and compulsion.

Would you rather lead an army of slaves?

I will put rings in the noses of these hogs.

I'm riding you with a slack rein, my pet, but don't forget that I'm riding with curb and spurs just the same.

Never mind what I told you - you do as I tell you.

If you can't force or are unwilling to force your people to follow you, with or without threats, you are not a leader.

Violence can always destroy power; out of the barrel of a gun grows the most effective command, resulting in the most instant and perfect obedience. What never can grow out of it is power.

I never let them cough. They wouldn't dare.

Learn to obey before you command.

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.

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

Power is the ability to get things done.

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

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

To some people, power is a noun. To others, it's a verb.

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

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.

Order is power.

The way to have power is to take it.

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

Power acquired by violence is only a usurpation, and lasts only as long as the force of him who commands prevails over that of those who obey.