Authority Quote by Anonymous

All authority is quite degrading. It degrades those who exercise it, and it degrades those over whom it is exercised.

— Oscar Wilde

Power without authority is tyranny.

— Jacques Maritain

Authority is quite degrading.

— Oscar Wilde

Power people are generally threatened by authority people...

— James Hunter

When authority is total, so too is the madness of the man who declares it, and the potential for abuse of power.

— Rick Wilson

The power of authority is never more subtle and effective than when it produces a psychological atmosphere or climate favorable to the life of…

— Arthur Balfour

I don't want to say that having power is overrated, but powerlessness can give rise to a different kind of authority, and that's the…

— Matthew Specktor

Authority, as you usually think of it, is merely the excuse the strong use to make others conform to what they want.

— William P. Young

“Don’t mistake me,” Jasnah continued. “Some kinds of power are real—power to command armies, power to Soulcast. These come into play far less often…

— Brandon Sanderson

All authority belongs to the people... In questions of power let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from…

— Thomas Jefferson

“On an individual basis, in most interactions, this thing we call power—authority—exists only as it is perceived.”

— Brandon Sanderson

But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as…

— Anonymous