Authority Quote by Fiona Bruce

Distrust of authority should be the first civic duty.

— Norman Douglas

I do ride contend against the advantages of distrust. In the world we live in, it is but too necessary. Some of old called…

— Edmund Burke

My opinion is, that power should always be distrusted, in whatever hands it is placed.

— William Jones

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

— A. C. Benson

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

— Sylvie Guillem

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

It is a great matter to be in authority over others; for authority, if it be rightly used, will make you feared beyond your…

— Francesco Guicciardini

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

— Tom Robbins

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

All authority is quite degrading. It degrades those who exercise it, and it degrades those over whom it is exercised.

— Oscar Wilde

Authority must be respected and chosen wisely.

— Lech Walesa

Questioning authority is, I think, a great thing to instill in children. I just didn't have enough of that when I was little.

— Amy Chua