Authority Quotes

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The continuation of authority has frequently proved the undoing of democratic governments. Repeated elections are essential to the system of popular governments, because there is… — Simon Bolivar
Jurisdiction is not given for the sake of the judge, but for that of the litigant. — Blaise Pascal
At certain times and in certain schools it is orthodox to be a rebel; and in general it is a very poor class that does… — Gilbert Highet
A leading authority is anyone who has guessed right more than once. — Frank A. Clark
Exporting Church employees to Latin America masks a universal and unconscious fear of a new Church. North and South American authorities, differently motivated but equally… — Ivan Illich
It is a great matter to be in authority over others; for authority, if it be rightly used, will make you feared beyond your actual… — Francesco Guicciardini
Nothing in oratory is more important than to win for the orator the favour of his hearer, and to have the latter so affected as… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Anyone who takes it upon himself, on his private authority, to break a bad law, thereby authorizes everyone else to break the good ones. — Denis Diderot
The greatest enemy of authority, therefore, is contempt, and the surest way to undermine it is laughter. — Hannah Arendt
By the worldly standards of public life, all scholars in their work are of course oddly virtuous. They do not make wild claims, they do… — Jacob Bronowski
In a nutshell-I fear authority but at the same time I resent it-the authority and my own fear. So I rebel. — Philip K. Dick
Perhaps the challenge is to invent the political structure that will give conscience a better chance against authority. — Stanley Milgram
The New Yorker's' drama critics have always had a comparable authority because, for the most part, the magazine made it a practice to employ critics… — John Lahr
There is no stopping the world's tendency to throw off imposed restraints, the religious authority that is based on the ignorance of the many, the… — Van Wyck Brooks
Art almost always has its ingredient of impudence, its flouting of established authority, so that it may substitute its own authority and its own enlightenment. — Ben Shahn
I have gone to Albany constantly in my capacity as budget director, because I don't think the way the transit authority works with the City… — Joe Lhota
I've been reading this little book. It's called the Russian constitution. And it says that the only source of power in Russia is the people.… — Alexei Navalny
I think you need brains to do any Shakespeare with any authority. I could do Shakespeare, but not with any authority. — Sam Neill
Of all presidential perks, the pardon power has a special significance. It is just the kind of authority that would attract the special attention of… — Barbara Olson
No Government has the moral authority to dismantle the universally understood meaning of marriage. — Keith O'Brien
In other words, the Church acknowledges Science as the higher authority. — Wilhelm Ostwald
The idea of authority, and therefore the respect for authority, is an anti-Semitic notion. It is in Catholicism, in Christianity, in the very teachings of… — Kadmi Cohen
Admittedly, scientific authority is not distributed evenly throughout the body of scientists; some distinguished members of the profession predominate over others of a more junior… — Michael Polanyi
Admittedly, the body of scientists, as a whole, does uphold the authority of science over the lay public. It controls thereby also the process by… — Michael Polanyi
Arizona did not make illegal, illegal. It is a crime to enter or remain in the U.S. in violation of federal law. States have had… — Russell Pearce

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