the difference between a rebel and a patriot depends upon who is in power at the moment.
Committing genocide on behalf of an institution generates greater loyalty to it than merely getting people fired from their jobs on its behalf.
Honestly, I think we should just trust our president in every decision he makes and should just support that, you know, and be faithful in what happens.
Americans like to give their President the benefit of the doubt. If you look at the poll numbers, people knew Nixon was deeply involved in Watergate and stayed with him for a long time. It's a natural tendency.
There are good reasons for being obedient, but being unable to be disobedient is not one of the best reasons.
Obedience is the psychological mechanism that links individual action to political purpose. It is the dispositional cement that binds men to systems of authority.
At the end of the day, the only people a One Voice doctrine silences are those who should be the most loyal.
Men live in glad obedience to the masters they believe in, or they live in a frictional opposition to the master they wish to undermine.
The price of maintaining membership in the establishment is unquestioning acceptance of authority.
Obedience is the highest practical courage.
I dare say she means to keep you from his attentions. Your honour demands she be slain.
When you oppose the shaykh, it's like the slave who kills himself over a quarrel with his master. 'Hey, why are you killing yourself over a quarrel?' He says, 'So my master will suffer loss.'
