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91. “The world has raised its whip; where will it descend?”

Virginia Woolf

World, Authority, Fate, Control, Power, Consequence

92. “Whenever you see a board up with “Trespassers will be prosecuted,” trespass at once.”

Virginia Woolf

Rebellion, Authority, Trespassing, Defiance, Civil Disobedience, Rules

93. “Assent – and you are sane – Demur – and you’re straightaway dangerous – and handled with a chain.”

Emily Dickinson

Assent, Sanity, Rebellion, Freedom, Authority, Thought

94. “I swear to you, sitting a throne is a thousand times harder than winning one.”

George R. R. Martin

Throne, Power, Leadership, Struggle, Authority, Sacrifice

95. “A man like Tywin Lannister comes but only once in a thousand years.”

George R. R. Martin

Tywin Lannister, Rare Leadership, Great Men, Legacy, Power, Authority

96. “A crown should not sit easy on the head.”

George R. R. Martin

Crown, Power, Leadership, Kingship, Authority, Responsibility

97. “Every once in a very long while, Lord Tywin Lannister would actually threaten to smile; he never did, but the threat alone was terrible to behold.”

George R. R. Martin

Tywin Lannister, Intimidation, Authority, Fear, Power Play, Smile

98. “Power resides where men believe it resides.”

George R. R. Martin

Power, Belief System, Social Influence, Authority, Control, Leadership

99. “Art is not a democracy. People don’t get to vote on how it ends.”

George R. R. Martin

Art Control, Creative Authority, Artistic Freedom, Art, Freedom, Authority

100. “And any man who must say ‘I am king’ is no true king at all.”

George R. R. Martin

True Leadership, Unspoken Authority, Royal Identity, King, Man, Authority

101. “I came here to say that I do not recognize anyone’s right to one minute of my life.”

Ayn Rand

Life, Freedom, Time, Independence, Self-Respect, Authority

102. “The man who lets a leader prescribe his course is a wreck being towed to the scrap heap.”

Ayn Rand

Leadership, Independence, Self-Reliance, Freedom, Authority, Individualism

103. “I shall choose friends among men, but neither slaves nor masters. And I shall choose only such as please me, and them I shall love and respect, but neither command nor obey. And we shall join our hands when we wish, or walk alone when we so desire.”

Ayn Rand

Friendship, Freedom, Independence, Respect, Authority, Love

104. “The man who speaks to you of sacrifice, speaks of slaves and masters. And intends to be the master.”

Ayn Rand

Sacrifice, Slavery, Power, Control, Freedom, Authority

105. “Great men can’t be ruled.”

Ayn Rand

Greatness, Power, Leadership, Independence, Freedom, Authority

106. “Defiance, not obedience, is the American’s answer to overbearing authority.”

Ayn Rand

Defiance, Authority, Independence, Freedom, Rebellion, American Spirit

107. “I do not speak for my church on public matters; and the church does not speak for me.”

John F. Kennedy

Religion, Public life, Separation, Independence, Freedom, Authority

108. “Whatever the political affiliation of our next President, whatever his views may be on all the issues and problems that rush in upon us, he must above all be the chief executive in every sense of the word.”

John F. Kennedy

Leadership, Executive, Politics, Governance, Responsibility, Authority

109. “Certain other societies may respect the rule of force – we respect the rule of law.”

John F. Kennedy

Rule of law, Justice, Authority, Peace, Order, Governance

110. “Our responsibility is one of decision, for to govern is to choose.”

John F. Kennedy

Responsibility, Decision-making, Governance, Leadership, Choice, Authority

111. “A mob is not autonomous: it executes the real will of the people who rule the State.”

James Baldwin

Mob mentality, Political control, Authority, Power structure, State influence, Social manipulation

112. “You’ve got to tell the world how to treat you. If the world tells you how you are going to be treated, you are in trouble.”

James Baldwin

Self-Respect, Personal Empowerment, Boundaries, Authority, Social Expectations

113. “John’s heart was hardened against the Lord. His father was God’s minister, the ambassador of the King of Heaven, and John could not bow before the throne of grace without first kneeling to his father.”

James Baldwin

Faith, Conflict, Authority, Family Struggle, Spiritual Rebellion, Submission

114. “He may be a very nice man. But I haven’t got the time to figure that out. All I know is, he’s got a uniform and a gun and I have to relate to him that way. That’s the only way to relate to him because one of us may have to die.”

James Baldwin

Authority, Survival, Fear, Conflict, Power Dynamics

115. “I will no longer take anyone’s word for my experience.”

James Baldwin

Experience, Independence, Truth, Authority, Self-Discovery, Autonomy

116. “You have to make the rules, not follow them.”

Isaac Newton

Rules, Leadership, Decision, Independence, Power, Authority

117. “The only definition of a leader is someone who has followers.”

Peter Drucker

Leadership, Influence, Followers, Authority, Management

118. “Management has authority only as long as it performs.”

Peter Drucker

Management, Authority, Performance, Leadership, Responsibility, Success

119. “Management means, in the last analysis, the substitution of thought for brawn and muscle, of knowledge for folkways and superstition, and of cooperation for force. It means the substitution of responsibility for obedience to rank, and of authority of performance for the authority of rank.”

Peter Drucker

Management, Leadership, Knowledge, Cooperation, Responsibility, Authority

120. “Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility.”

Peter Drucker

Leadership, Rank, Responsibility, Power, Authority, Management

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