Command Quote by Michel de Montaigne

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

— Ernest Renan

He who cannot command himself should obey. And many can command themselves, but much is still lacking before they can obey themselves.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Those commands of superiors which are contrary to our first duties are not to be obeyed.

— Samuel Richardson

Law has the power to compel: indeed, the ability to enforce is a condition of the ability to command.

— Thomas Aquinas

He who cannot obey cannot command.

— Jack Hyles

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

— Niccolo Machiavelli

What you cannot enforce, do not command.

— Sophocles

He who cannot obey himself will be commanded. That is the nature of living creatures.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

He that cannot obey, cannot command.

— Benjamin Franklin

A substantial proportion of people do what they are told to do, irrespective of the content of the act, and without pangs of conscience,…

— Stanley Milgram

Obedience alone gives the right to command.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

It is right to submit to a higher authority whenever a command of God would be violated.

— Saint Basil