Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes

Lists are a form of power.

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

To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.

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.

I like to be very much in control.

I know what hierarchy and discipline mean. Without those, we will never have order and progress.

Civilization is always in danger when those who have never learned to obey are given the right to command.

Order and system are nobler things than power.

Power is the flower of organization.

I like control.

I like to be in control of things.

I was the law and order.

I’m the constitution around here now.

Good order is the foundation of all good things.

My power comes from the military.

Structure is not about moving boxes around on a chart. Structure is about power.

No true and perfect human society can be conceived which is not governed by some supreme authority…. Do the sheep when they are all assembled together rule and guide the shepherd?

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

A man with a club is a law-maker.

Some people need a command-and-control environment.

No group in any sector can go anywhere without rules.

...chaos doesn't run the whole show.

Through obedience learn to command.

The word is control. That's my ultimate - to have control.

He that cannot obey, cannot command.