#2,964

A noble society is one where obeying and exercising authority are ethical behaviors, and not mere practical necessities.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 473

#2,479

Humanity is not ungovernable: it merely happens that rarely does a man govern who deserves to govern.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 399

#2,237

The possibility of selling to the public any man-made object in the name of art is a democratic phenomenon.
Democratic ages, in effect, foment the uncertainty of taste by abolishing every model.
If the most excellent work of art is still possible there, lesser art dies and extravagance abounds.
Where an authority exists, on the other hand, enjoying unfamiliar works is not easy, but taste is infallible when dealing with contemporary art, and lesser art flourishes.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 363

#1,945

The necessary and sufficient condition of despotism is the disappearance of every kind of social authority not conferred by the State.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 317

#1,817

Consent does not establish authority; it acknowledges it.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 299

#1,345

Modern man accepts any yoke, as long as the hand imposing it is impersonal.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 231

#1,330

The plethora of laws is a sign that nobody knows anymore how to command intelligently.
Or that nobody knows anymore how to obey freely.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 229

#1,240

Where we hear today the words “order, authority, tradition,” somebody is lying.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 215

#962

The true religion is monastic, ascetic, authoritarian, hierarchical.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 173

#860

Modern society harbors the peculiar intention of systematically substituting political authorities for social authorities.
That is to say: administrative duties for civilizing requests.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 157

#726

No one rebels against authority, but only against those who usurp it.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 132

#572

Popular consent is an index of legitimacy, but not a cause.
In the debate over the legitimacy of power neither its origin in the vote nor its origin in force counts.
Power is legitimate if it fulfills the mandate which the vital and ethical necessities of a society confer on it.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 108

#570

Authority is not delegating men, but procuring values.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 107

#528

Every rebellion against the order of man is noble, so long as it does not disguise rebelliousness against the order of the world.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 101

#329

Liberal parties never understand that the opposite of despotism is not stupidity, but authority.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 71