Authority Quote by Hanan Ashrawi

Control in modern times requires more than force, more than law. It requires that a population dangerously concentrated in cities and factories, whose lives…

— Howard Zinn

In recent years... forces have developed in our government over which we have no control, and these forces have an authoritarian approach to justice…

— Jim Garrison

I can see that in certain political situations you have to use force to overthrow police states.

— Pierre Trudeau

Whenever you have people in power, they try to control people. It's not necessarily a bad thing to control people - you can control…

— Vince Staples

“Control is the basis of all true power. Authority and strength are matters of perception”

— Brandon Sanderson

“In a nation where freedom is among the deepest ideals, control is almost a dirty word, and it is much easier to justify why…

— Jonathon Schuldt

“Aggressive law enforcement is absolutely integral to authoritarianism. The way it is instituted in a free society is simple. The free man cheers on…

— M.B. Watson

“Aggressive law enforcement is absolutely integral to authoritarianism. The way it is instituted in a free society is simple. The free man cheers on…

— M.B. Watson

The power to prevent violence is a power that no police force seems to have anywhere in the United States.

— John Abizaid

How do you think policing is in places like China, or North Korea? Whatever we experience, in terms of our policing, I also wanted…

— Immortal Technique

Coercion is as much the tool of the welfare state as it is of communism. The programs and edicts of both are backed by…

— Leonard Read

“As regards the social apparatus of repression and coercion, the government, there cannot be any question of freedom. Government is essentially the negation of…

— Ludwig von Mises