Quotes About Control

Quien calla una palabra es su dueño; quien la pronuncia es su esclavo.

But if I have a lot of imagination, I could tell myself whatever I wanted, you know. I handle myself quite well. I'm kind of fascist with myself, you know. There's no discussion. There is an order. You follow it.

Sweatpants are a sign of defeat. You lost control of your life so you bought some sweatpants.

Religion is the opium of the masses.

For the bureaucrat, the world is a mere object to be manipulated by him.

You are not responsible for all the things that happen to you, but you are completely in control of your attitude and your reactions to them. If you feel annoyance, fear, or disappointment, these feelings are cause by you and must be dug out like a weed. Study where they came from, accept them, and then let them go. If you let outside pressures determine how you feel and what you do, you have just abdicated your job as CEO of your own life.

Yet the victory of fascism was made practically unavoidable by the liberals' obstruction of any reform involving planning, regulation, or control.

What we call nowadays totalitarianism belongs to a tradition which is just as old or just as young as our civilization itself

It is not difficult to show that a theory of democratic control can be developed which is free of the paradox of sovereignty. The theory I have in mind is one which does not proceed, as it were, from a doctrine of the intrinsic goodness or righteousness of a majority rule, but rather from the baseness of tyranny; or more precisely, it rests upon the decision, or upon the adoption of the proposal, to avoid and to resist tyranny." Karl Popper, 'The Open Society and Its Enemies', Chapter 7.

Instead of posing as prophets, we must become the makers of our fate. We must learn to do things as well as we can, and to look out for our mistakes. And when we have dropped the idea that the history of power will be our judge, when we have given up worrying whether or not history will justify us, then one day perhaps we may succeed in getting our power under control. In this way we may even justify history, in our turn. It badly needs a justification.

We may become the makers of our fate when we have ceased to pose as its prophets.

Devlet gerekli bir belad?r. Devletin güç yetkileri gere?inden fazla olmamal?d?r.

Every enlightened path can turn on itself and become a new tyranny

My favorite is: 2 Corinthians 10:5: "Casting down imaginations . . . and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.

never let your emotions override your intellect!

Time was the invention of men who would confine the ocean and bottle the wind

One of the best signs of being fitted for power is reluctance to hold it.

The Hunger Games gets people invested in a contest. People are rooting for their favorites, rooting for their survival. And suddenly, unwittingly, the people being oppressed are actually engaged in this form of entertainment...The way you get control of people is to make them participate, not just subjugate them.

anyone can make a desert and call it peace...

Moderation is all very well, but only in moderation.

Power does not willingly give up its place to truth.

Though they are fine to see, horses frighten me because they are large and weak minded, which is a dangerous combination in horses, men, and gods.

Though they are fine to see, horses frighten me because they are large and weak minded, which is a dangerous thing in horses, men and gods.

Anger was like laughter; it was better let free.