I never met him but his words stay with me -cutting through the debris like Excalibur. His name is John Trudell , a Santee Sioux - with a powerful gift of clarity. Wakan had that same gift. It is very important that we make this distinction because we need to have something to pass to the next generations. Authority is not power.
Authority is authority.
All authority is usually based upon aggression or implied aggression or active aggression. Authority is authority. Power is something else. Power is what we come from. Authority is something that man creates.