Michel de Montaigne Quotes

We should keep silent about those in power; to speak well of them almost implies flattery; to speak ill of them while they are alive is dangerous, and when they are dead is cowardly.

When I was a kid, a policeman was someone you looked up to and respected.

I'd rather be called King than other things I've been called.

I'm a King. Regardless of what I've been through and what I've done, I present myself as a King. And I get that respect from people, from everybody I deal with. I worked my whole life to establish that respect and make sure I get that respect.

Your part can be the king, but unless people are treating you like royalty, you ain't no king, man.

I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.

Never descend to the ways of those above you.

While our traditional authority has always been respected, sadly at times, it has also been abused.

There are two supreme pleasures in life. One is ideal, the other real. The ideal is when a man receives the seals of office from the hands of his Sovereign. The real pleasure comes when he hands them back.

Don't call me 'sir; 'King Jew' will do fine.

I'm old-fashioned that way. I don't believe you turn the president down.

After you've watched your dad beat the crap out of Charlie King or some other bad guy in about forty movies, you pretty much always said, 'Yes, sir,' and meant it.

The greater the power that deigns to serve you, the more honor it demands of you.

However fiercely opposed one may be to the present order, an old respect for the idea of order itself often prevents people from distinguishing between order and those who stand for order, and leads them in practice to respect individuals under the pretext of respecting order itself.

Only cowards insult dying majesty.

A servant cannot be greater than his master.

A cat may look at a king.

A cat may looke on a King.

A strong man who has known power all his life may lose respect for that power. But a weak man knows the value of strength.

The amount of energy spent laughing at a joke should be directly proportional to the hierarchical status of the joke teller.

Give obedience where 'tis truly owed.

By learning to yield to the loving authority of his parents, a child learns to submit to other forms of authority which will confront him later in his life — his teachers, school principal, police, neighbors and employers.

Give fools the first and women the last word.

Offices are not powerful because they exist; men make them so. Rights are not honored because they exist; men compel their recognition.