Authority Quotes

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The improver of natural knowledge absolutely refuses to acknowledge authority, as such. For him, skepticism is the highest of duties; blind faith the one unpardonable… — Thomas Huxley
Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people. — Thomas Jefferson
I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led, and bearding every authority which… — Thomas Jefferson
The power of the word in Morocco belonged to men and to the authorities. No one asked the point of view of poor people or… — Tahar Ben Jelloun
Outside of the Constitution we have no legal authority more than private citizens, and within it we have only so much as that instrument gives… — Andrew Johnson
My speaking style was criticised by no less an authority than Arnold Schwarzenegger. It was a low moment, my friends, to have my rhetorical skills… — Boris Johnson
Lawyer acted without authority from our band. He had no right to sell the Wallowa country. — Chief Joseph
The international community and Israel have the same opinion regarding the Hamas government. We don't say we are going to boycott it forever. We say… — Moshe Katsav
I think the Supreme Court does have the authority, which is not used, to declare a blanket right for all people, all adults. — Jack Kevorkian
In most of Pakistan it is a feudal country. People are very scared and oppressed by authority. But when you move to these wilder areas,… — Imran Khan
The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis. — Dalai Lama
My desire to devolve authority has nothing to do with a wish to shirk responsibility. — Dalai Lama
One thing I want to make clear, as far as my own rebirth is concerned, the final authority is myself and no one else, and… — Dalai Lama
We have to hate our immediate predecessors to get free of their authority. — D. H. Lawrence
I obviously identify with the anti-authority figure. I've pretty much always had problems with authority, ever since I was a kid. — Denis Leary
Everyone's got skeletons in their closet, and I've got a million in mine, believe me. I tested the envelope; I pushed it. Whenever somebody in… — Denis Leary
I obviously identify with the anti-authority figure. I've pretty much always had problems with authority, ever since I was a kid. But, yeah, it's not… — Denis Leary
Think for yourself and question authority. — Timothy Leary
Obedience to lawful authority is the foundation of manly character. — Robert E. Lee
The young man who's had the Guggenheim fortune behind him all his life - he can hire all the authorities on the subject to teach… — Jerry Lewis
Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion, and you allow him to do so… — Abraham Lincoln
Most men, after a little freedom, have preferred authority with the consoling assurances and the economy of effort it brings. — Walter Lippmann
Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority. — Vince Lombardi
He who is firmly seated in authority soon learns to think security, and not progress, the highest lesson in statecraft. — James Russell Lowell
It used to be that we disagreed over the basic facts we were fighting over, and we had different opinions about them. Now I think… — Rachel Maddow

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