Authority Quote by Anonymous

All men have a reason, but not all men can give a reason.

— John Henry Newman

All men are capable of reason. That is the fundamental principle of democracy Because everybody's mind is capable of true knowledge, you don't have…

— Joseph Campbell

It is the man determines what is said, not the words.

— Henry David Thoreau

In an argument; Men use reason and never have enough. Women use emotion and always have too much.

— Anonymous

For authority proceeds from true reason, but reason certainly does not proceed from authority. For every authority which is not upheld by true reason…

— Johannes Scotus Eriugena

The majority of men... are not capable of thinking, but only of believing, and... are not accessible to reason, but only to authority.

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why they can.

— Martha Graham

Reason shows us our duty; he who can make us love our duty is more powerful than reason itself.

— Stanisław I Leszczyński

When men exercise their reason coolly and freely, on a variety of distinct questions, they inevitably fall into different opinions, on some of them.…

— James Madison

To say that a thing has never yet been done among men is to erect a barrier stronger than reason, stronger than discussion.

— Thomas Reed

Reason guides but a small part of man, and the rest obeys feeling, true or false, and passion, good or bad.

— Joseph Roux

Men use thought only to justify their wrong doings, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.

— Voltaire