Bob Black Quotes

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

Those who can, must obey.

My subordinates followed my orders.

He that cannot obey, cannot command.

No theory of my own will ever stand in the way of my executing, in good faith, any order I may receive from those in authority over me.

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.

It is much safer to obey than to rule.

He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command.

When a police officer tells you to stay in the car, you stay in the car.

We have disciplinary authority and will use it when appropriate.

Nobody obeys my instructions.

If one were to be penalized in any way by one's superior, one would have no good words to say about that superior

Through obedience learn to command.

My duty is to obey orders.

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

Authority is not a quality one person 'has', in the sense that he has property or physical qualities. Authority refers to an interpersonal relation in which one person looks upon another as somebody superior to him.

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

Never give an order that can't be obeyed.

The majority is still at the General's disposal.

Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.

It's my old girl that advises. She has the head. But I never own to it before her. Discipline must be maintained.

Acquire a government over your ideas, that they may come down when they are called, and depart when they are bidden.