David Hume Quotes

The power of the master must be absolute to render the submission of the slave perfect.

It is one thing to own a woman, and it is another to have her within the bonds of an excellent mastery.

A car is like a mother-in-law - if you let it, it will rule your life.

We are no more free agents than the queen of clubs when she victoriously takes prisoner the knave of hearts.

Authority is something from which we are constantly subtracting, of which there remains always a residue, and which we attempt to make smaller and smaller.

And I particularly like the whole thing of being boss. Boss and employee... It's the slave quality that I find very alluring.

I just want to conquer people and their souls.

Fear is the foundation of most governments.

There's always been a man telling me what to do.

I'd rather control someone than be controlled.

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

He who demands does not command.

The desire to conquer is itself a sort of subjection.

I always remember I'm the monkey and he's the organ-grinder.

Watch out for the man who talks of putting things in order. Putting things in order always means getting other people under your control.

You must either conquer and rule or lose and serve, suffer or triumph, and be the anvil or the hammer.

Dependence begets subservience and venality.

I do not blame those who wish to rule the Athenians, but those who are over-ready to serve.

Power over a man's support is a power over his will.

Propaganda does not aim to elevate man, but to make him serve.

Every organism, every human being, must conquer or serve.

You must labor until we have dominion over the minds and bodies of every important person in your nation.

The more pain you inflict on someone, the more they will tell you what they think you want to hear.

We must tame these fellows and make them useful to us.

British people do not like being bossed around.