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Authority Quotes by Anonymous

83 Authority quotes by Anonymous

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You are the highest authority in your life, a theme that runs through many of the quotes. They warn that following external authority can dull intelligence, and they point to personal choice as the true guide. Some also mention a higher power influencing events beyond our control.

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Authority is the unmistakeable tone in the voice of a true writer.

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All my authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

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Question everything! Or shut up and be a victim of authority.

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You can't stop a teacher when they want to do something. They just do it.

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I fight authority and authority always wins.

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The highest duty is to respect authority

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Bullies thrive wherever authority is weak

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In revolutions authority remains with the greatest scoundrels.

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Authority in science exists to be questioned, since heresy is the spring from which new ideas flow.

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“And the Vatican, whatever anyone else might have thought on the subject, answered, like Hebrew National hot dogs, to "a higher authority.”

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Every sin is an act of cosmic treason, a futile attempt to dethrone God in His sovereign authority.

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As punishment for my contempt for authority, Fate has made me an authority myself

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When I give you my heart I do not give you the authority to rule it, abuse it, or use it. I…

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

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Friendship is to be purchased only by friendship. A man may have authority over others, but he can never have their hearts…

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As soon as we abandon our reason and are content to rely on authority, there is no end to our troubles.

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“Over the pope as the expression of the binding claim of ecclesiastical authority, there still stands one’s own conscience, which must be…

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If a rhinoceros were to enter this restaurant now, there is no denying he would have great power here. But I should…

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When we speak of power, we mean man's control over the minds and actions of other men. By political power we refer…

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Courtrooms contain every symbol of authority that a set designer could imagine. Everyone stands up when you come in. You wear a…

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The fate of every democracy, of every government based on the sovereignty of the people, depends on the choices it makes between…

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The more one suffers, the more, I believe, has one a sense for the comic. It is only by the deepest suffering…

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Civilization means, above all, an unwillingness to inflict unnecessary pain ... those of us who heedlessly accept the commands of authority cannot…

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There is a higher power, a higher influence, a God who rules and reigns and controls circumstances and situations that are beyond…

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What then, is correctness of speech but the maintenance of the practice of others, as established by the authority of ancient speakers?…

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Those who wish to seek out the cause of miracles, and to understand the things of nature as philosophers, and not to…

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To be free of all authority, of your own and that of another, is to die to everything of yesterday, so that…

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The Potter books in general are a prolonged argument for tolerance, a prolonged plea for an end to bigotry. And I think…

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Oh, from what heights of blessing it is possible for a man to fall! To what depths of sin a man can…

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“authority i in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 j Go therefore and k make disciples of l all nations, j baptizing them m in [2]…

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“So long as human beings can gain sufficient co-operation from some to enable them to dominate others, they will use the forms…

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Blind obedience is itself an abuse of human morality. It is a misuse of the human soul in the name of religious…

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Leaders are more powerful role models when they learn than when they teach.

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Authority figures always attract trouble

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Authority founded on injustice is never of long duration.

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There is no authority who decides what is a good idea.

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Do not confuse your rank with my authority.

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Authority poisons everybody who takes authority on himself.

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You are the highest authority in your life.

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Give authority to some people and the grow, give it to others and they swell

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