Antonio de Oliveira Salazar Quotes

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

Learn to obey before you command.

Who has not served cannot command.

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

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.

When you were under contract, you did what you were told to do.

You have the belt, you fight who they tell you to fight.

The coach is the boss at the end of the day. I do whatever he tells me and don't ask questions.

Everywhere in life people are in authority to make decisions and you have to abide by them, whether right or wrong.

My duty is to obey orders.

The man who obeys is nearly always better than the man who commands.

I think I'm a natural-born leader. I know how to bow down to authority if it's authority that I respect.

The risk to be percieved defines the duty to be obeyed.

It is much safer to obey than to rule.

The power cannot be delegated.

When you make your peace with authority you become authority.

Rule, after you have first learned to submit to rule.

He that cannot obey, cannot command.

My relationship to power and authority is that I'm all for it.

No man doth safely rule, but he that hath learned gladly to obey.

Being in command means making tough decisions. Not being in command means shutting up and doing what you're told. --Artemis Fowl

Woe to him that claims obedience when it is not due; woe to him that refuses it when it is.

When a man assumes leadership, he forfeits the right to mercy.

Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.

I am the guardian of power, not its owner.