Authority Quote by Erich Fromm

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

Authority is the assumption that someone else knows better than you.

— James Cromwell

To me, authority is something that a freer spirit, a more independent mind, and a person who can handle the world, doesn't need guidance…

— George Carlin

In order to be respected, authority has got to be respectable.

— Tom Robbins

Authority is not power; that's coercion. Authority is not knowledge; that's persuasion, or seduction. Authority is simply that the author has the right to…

— Herman Kahn

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

Authority is by nothing so much strengthened and confirmed as by custom; for no man easily distrusts the things which he and all men…

— William Temple

There is a great difference, then, between "power" and "authority." Power refers to one's ability to coerce others (through physical, economic, or other means)…

— Joshua Meyrowitz

Authority: The skill of getting people to willingly do your will, because of your personal influence.

— James Hunter

I just don't like authority. I do like authority when I respect it.

— Sylvie Guillem

I don't like authority, at least I don't like other people's authority.

— A. C. Benson

Authority must be respected and chosen wisely.

— Lech Walesa