Authority Quote by George Santayana

Some system of authority is a requirement of all communal living, and it is only the man dwelling in isolation who is not forced…

— Stanley Milgram

“The authority of society is imposed not arbitrarily or officially, but naturally. And it is because of this fact that its effect on the…

— Mikhail Bakunin

To be free of all authority, of your own and that of another, is to die to everything of yesterday, so that your mind…

— Anonymous

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

When authority is backed up by an immediate physical compulsion, what we are dealing with is not authority proper (i.e. symbolic authority), but simply…

— Slavoj Žižek

“Ask why you can’t lift an innocent finger without permission, and your lack of the simplest reasoning power baffles them. One must always have…

— Rose Wilder Lane

When we experience the power of the Self, there is an absence of fear, there is no compulsion to control, and no struggle for…

— Deepak Chopra

People who lack self-regulation are often invasive of others. They can be perceived as being controlling, antagonistic, or even subversive.

— Chip Espinoza

There is an inherent tendency in all governmental power to recognize no restraints on its operation and to extend the sphere of its dominion…

— Ludwig von Mises

Perhaps even more than constituted authority, it is social uniformity and sameness that harass the individual most.

— Emma Goldman

“People with power do not regulate their behavior as much. They become egocentric and preoccupied with their own self-interest, which eclipses their awareness of…

— Dean M. Schroeder

Those who restrain desire, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained; and the restrainer or reason usurps its place & governs…

— William Blake