Authority Quotes

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Courtrooms contain every symbol of authority that a set designer could imagine. Everyone stands up when you come in. You wear a costume identifying you… — Irving Kaufman
Liberty is the proper end and object of authority, and cannot subsist without it; and it is liberty to that which is good, just, and… — John Winthrop
We rarely quote nowadays to appeal to authority... though we quote sometimes to display our sapience and erudition. Some authors we quote against. Some we… — Ihab Hassan
The love of liberty that is not a real principle of dutiful behavior to authority is as hypocritical as the religion that is not productive… — Joseph Butler
The public school system: "Usually a twelve year sentence of mind control. Crushing creativity, smashing individualism, encouraging collectivism and compromise, destroying the exercise of intellectual… — Walter Karp
Authority is 20% given and 80% taken...so take it! — Peter Ueberroth
It appears to me that those who rely simply on the weight of authority to prove any assertion, without searching out the arguments to support… — Unknown Author
There have been many authorities who have asserted that the basis of science lies in counting or measuring, i.e. in the use of mathematics. Neither… — Unknown Author
Creativity is an area in which younger people have a tremendous advantage, since they have an endearing habit of always questioning past wisdom and authority. — William Redington Hewlett
...the right of holding slaves is clearly established in the Holy Scriptures, both by precept and example... Had the holding of slaves been a moral… — Richard Furman
Our authorities leave us no doubt that the trust lodged with the oligarchy was sometimes abused, but it certainly ought not to be regarded as… — Henry James Sumner Maine
In the armies, and among every ten men, there must be one of more life, of more heart, or at least of more authority, who… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Never lose your self-respect, nor be too familiar with yourself when you are alone. Let your integrity itself be your own standard of rectitude, and… — Baltasar Gracian
Socrates and then Archesilaus used to make their pupils speak first; they spoke afterwards. 'Obest plerumque iss discere volunt authoritas eorum qui docent.' [For those… — Michel de Montaigne
The historian should be fearless and incorruptible; a man of independence, loving frankness and truth; one who, as the poets says, calls a fig a… — Lucian
A bona fide spiritual master, under the guidance of authorities, can turn anyone to the Vaisnava cult so that naturally he may come to the… — A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
The fundamental force behind the Second Amendment is to empower the people and give them the greatest measure of authority over the tyranny of runaway… — Bob Schaffer
Act in such a way that your humility may not be weakness, nor your authority be severity. Justice must be accompanied by humility, that humility… — Pope Gregory I
For a servant of God to have authority in every sentence he utters, he must first suffer for the message he is to deliver. Without… — John Sung
Nothing of importance is ever achieved without discipline. I feel myself sometimes not wholly in sympathy with some modern educational theorists, because I think that… — Bertrand Russell

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