Authority Quote by Johannes Scotus Eriugena

For authority proceeds from true reason, but reason certainly does not proceed from authority. For every authority which is not upheld by true reason…

— Johannes Scotus Eriugena

Truth for authority, not authority for truth.

— Lucretia Mott

“Authority is first and foremost based on reason.”

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Any acceptance of authority is the very denial of truth.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

The rule of reason is the true sovereign in the American system.

— Al Gore

When truth and reason cannot be heard, then must presumption rule.

— Barbara Tuchman

Men suppose their reason has command over their words; still it happens that words in return exercise authority on reason

— Anonymous

Authority is no source for Truth.

— Aristotle

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

The authority of reason is far more imperious than that of a master; for he who disobeys the one is unhappy, but he who…

— Blaise Pascal

No authority is higher than reality.

— Peter Nivio Zarlenga

“authority, unless justified, is inherently illegitimate and that the burden of proof is on those in authority. If this burden can't be met, the…

— Noam Chomsky