Henry Theodore Tuckerman Quotes

And I particularly like the whole thing of being boss. Boss and employee... It's the slave quality that I find very alluring.

Dependence begets subservience and venality.

You pay me tribute, by that you become my slaves.

I do not blame those who wish to rule the Athenians, but those who are over-ready to serve.

The power of the master must be absolute to render the submission of the slave perfect.

Propaganda does not aim to elevate man, but to make him serve.

You must labor until we have dominion over the minds and bodies of every important person in your nation.

You're a Good Little Slave

That god forbid, that made me first your slave, I should in thought control your times of pleasure, Or at your hand th' account of hours to crave, Being your vassal bound to stay your leisure.

A car is like a mother-in-law - if you let it, it will rule your life.

Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them.

Authority is something from which we are constantly subtracting, of which there remains always a residue, and which we attempt to make smaller and smaller.

The art of being a slave is to rule one's master.

Fear is the foundation of most governments.

We employ the mind to rule, the body to serve.

There's always been a man telling me what to do.

We want only loyal workers who are grateful from the bottom of their hearts for the bread which we let them earn.

There is no such thing as liberty. You only change one sort of domination for another. All we can do is to choose our master.

Tyrants are seldom free; the cares and the instruments of their tyranny enslave them.

Some, I verily believe, delight to be slave-men; it is a joy to them, and they would not change their condition; not only miserable village wretches, but men in good position, well-to-do sycophants.

If I get ‘em by the short and curlies, the hearts and minds will follow.

He who demands does not command.

I always remember I'm the monkey and he's the organ-grinder.

Watch out for the man who talks of putting things in order. Putting things in order always means getting other people under your control.

I know you are a rich and great king. You have plenty of soldiers and govern a big country yourself. Therefore it is difficult for you to subject yourself to me voluntarily. Still, it would be better if you swore fealty to me … You who live in houses, who have castles and towns, how will you escape me?