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title: "4 Authority Depends Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [Anarchism, in my view, is an expression of the idea that the burden of proof is always on those who argue that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/anarchism-in-my-view-is-an-expression-of-the-idea-that-the-burden-of/)

[Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/)

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> [“We must not get caught up in an emotional reaction against such phrases as 'believing on authority' ... Everything depends on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-c-berkouwer/we-must-not-get-caught-up-in-an-emotional-reaction-against-such/)

[G C Berkouwer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-c-berkouwer/)

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> [“An appeal to the consent of the common sense of mankind cannot be allowed, for that is a witness whose authority depends…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/immanuel-kant/an-appeal-to-the-consent-of-the-common-sense-of-mankind-cannot-be/)

[Immanuel Kant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/immanuel-kant/)

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> [The judge's authority depends upon the assumption that he speaks with the mouth of others. That is to say, the momentum of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/learned-hand/the-judge-s-authority-depends-upon-the-assumption-that-he-speaks-with/)

[Learned Hand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/learned-hand/)

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