Authority Quote by Calvin Coolidge

Example acquires tenfold authority when it speaks from the grave.

— Wendell Phillips

“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

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

— Max Stirner

Jesus was a perfect example of following authority. He was subject to His earthly parents; he subjected himself to the laws of the land,…

— Monica Johnson

Obedience of the law is demanded; not asked as a favor.

— Theodore Roosevelt

Some people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.

— Banksy

Those whose conscience demands that they defy authority in some ways that involve great consequences must be willing to accept some penalty.

— Joseph Wood Krutch

The answer is to say 'No!' to authority when authority is wrong.

— Studs Terkel

That all power of suspending laws, or the execution of laws, by any authority, without consent of the representatives of the people, is injurious…

— George Mason

There may be a legal obligation to obey, but there will be no moral obligation to obey. When it comes to history, it will…

— Tony Benn

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

It is clear that in a monarchy, where he who commands the exceution of the laws generally thinks himself above them, there is lessneed…

— Baron de Montesquieu