Hierarchy of Power Quotes

Bureaucracy, the rule of no one, has become the modern form of despotism.

For thousands of years, the natural tendency of elites everywhere has been to monopolize power rather than restrain it.

Obey God, obey his Prophet, and obey those in authority over you.

Athenians govern the Greeks; I govern the Athenians; you, my wife, govern me; your son governs you.

Patriarchy, like any system of domination (for example, racism), relies on socializing everyone to believe that in all human relations there is an inferior and a superior party, one person is strong, the other weak, and that it is therefore natural for the powerful to rule over the powerless. To those who support patriarchal thinking, maintaining power and control is acceptable by whatever means.

What comes after the revolution is inevitably bureaucracy. Whoever wins the revolution builds a bureaucracy.

I left the Church of England because there was a huge bundle of straw. The ordination of women was the last straw, but it was only one of many. For years I had been disillusioned by the Church of England's compromising on everything. The Catholic Church doesn't care if something is unpopular.

It is not for the people to give laws to the prince, but to obey his mandate.

The emperor is in the Church, not above the Church.

Always two there are, a master and an apprentice.

White Fang knew the law well: to oppress the weak and obey the strong.

I've never been difficult to anybody or with anybody on a picture. Especially when you're in that nice status of hierarchy of actors and actresses who get to approve directors. Because once you make that choice, it's my belief that the director's boss.

The organization of order is not the exclusive monopoly of the State

There would be no great men if there were no little ones.

I serve at the discretion of the prime minister.

We all work for the president, and we all will ultimately follow his direction.

I like aristocracy. I like the beauty of aristocracy. I like the hierarchical feeling.

That's the food chain that cricket is sometimes. You have to be at the top of it otherwise you get swept away and eaten up.

What do you do if you are asked to do a job, first by the Prime Minister, and then by the King? How can you refuse?

We have to give value to authority. We have to give value to office, being in office, holding office.

Delegation of authority is a fact of modern life.

Governance in India comes in the iron-clad armour of bureaucracy. Anyone in uniform considers it his or her right that we regard them as some sort of deity.

I hope somewhere to break down what seems to be a kind of robotic communication between those in power and those who are understanding power.

When I came into the acting profession, it was quite hierarchical. You didn't sit at the same table as the leading actor. Sir Laurence Olivier, Sir John Gielgud... these were very, very intimidating and powerful people.

The Senate is, in a way, the last primitive society in the world. As civilization progresses we honor all the ancient principals of seniority and respect for our elders and occupancy. Territorial imperative runs very strongly in the Senate. And our ultimate test is a trial by ordeal—which we practice in the filibuster.