Authority Quotes

Authority has every reason to fear the skeptic, for authority can rarely survive in the face of doubt.
Robert Lindner

If you're going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use two feet.
Keith Richards

The man fitted for affairs and authority never considers individuals, but things and their consequences.

Authority is quite degrading

I have as much authority as the Pope, I just don't have as many people who believe it.

To punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority myself.

When the authorities warn you of the dangers of having sex, there is an important lesson to be learned. Do not have sex with the authorities.
Matt Groening

He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.

Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don't interfere

The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.

If you wish to know what a man is, place him in authority

The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the outstanding event of the last decade
Hannah Arendy

Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.

The man whose authority is recent is always stern.

In truth, there never was any remarkable lawgiver amongst any people who did not resort to divine authority, as otherwise his laws would not have been accepted by the people; for there are many good laws, the importance of which is known to be..

Authority has every reason to fear the skeptic, for authority can rarely survive in the face of doubt
Robert Lindner

Obedience to lawful authority is the foundation of manly character.

Anyone who in discussion relies upon authority uses, not his understanding, but rather his memory.

If you think your teacher is tough, wait until you get a boss. He doesn't have tenure.

If you're going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use two feet.
Keith Richards

The insolence of authority is endeavoring to substitute money for ideas

Think for yourself and question authority

Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority.







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