Authority

“It would be blasphemy to say that Muhammad died without completing his mission, but if the caliphate had been part of his mission he would not have left it unsettled.”

“Được dự vào hàng công huân cao quý, cố sao đền đáp ơn vua vừa mới ban xuống; Nối dõi thư hương, càng gắng giữ nếp cũ thanh bạch của nhà xưa.”

“The disappearance of a sense of responsibility is the most far-reaching consequence of submission to authority.”

“I live for myself and I answer to nobody.”

“I have ruled for many years, yet I never knew what it meant to be noble. Now that I see my son as emperor, I understand nobility.”

“Nobody controls me. I'm uncontrollable.”

“They really do need some guardrails around them.”

“Certainement qui est en droit de vous rendre absurde est en droit de vous rendre injuste.”

“La tirannide non sottentra alla libertá, se non se con una forza effettiva, e talmente preponderante, che col solo continuo minacciare facilmente contiene l’universale.”

“After I am gone, the throne will be passed on to him.”

“Yes, I use a great many quotations; but they are illustrious and true, and, if I am not mistaken, they convey authority pleasurably.”

“It is with literature as with law or empire — an established name is an estate in tenure, or a throne in possession.”

“Prisons are built with stones of law; brothels with bricks of religion.”