Accepted Quote by Antoine de Saint-Exupery

“One must require from each one the duty with each one can perform," said the king. "Accepted authority rests first of all on reason.…

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

“One must require of each what each is able to give. Authority rests first of all upon reason.”

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Authority must be respected and chosen wisely.

— Lech Walesa

Authority is mainly a moral power; therefore, it must first call upon the conscience, that is, upon the duty that each person has to…

— Pope John XXIII

The highest duty is to respect authority

— Anonymous

Whoever is a complete person does not need to be an authority.

— Max Stirner

“The prerequisite for being in authority is recognizing that one is always under authority.”

— Joe Rigney

One of the things that I want to make sure everybody understands is that when you delegate the authority, you have to set the…

— Ron Rivera

Authority does not equal competency. Pass decisions down to those who can best handle them.

— Andy Stanley

All authority comes from the people.

— Michael Davies

All authority belongs to the people.

— Thomas Jefferson

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