Authority Quote by John Lloyd

In mathematics we do not appeal to authority, but rather you are responsible for what you believe.

— Richard Hamming

“You know, for someone who holds a position of legal authority as high as yours, you sure do like to throw away the rule…

— Kay Hooper

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

“When people in authority want the rest of us to behave, it matters - first and foremost - how they behave. This is called…

— Malcolm Gladwell

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

— A. C. Benson

I've always had a problem with authority since I was a little kid. Like when the teachers would tell us to do something, I…

— Jon Fitch

Authority figures are so irritating. Because they always tell you to do things for reasons that aren't very good. That sums up what authority…

— Rupert Everett

Respect for the rule of law is not optional; it's fundamental.

— Frans Timmermans

The law is an artificial human construct, quite arbitrary, and of absolutely no use anywhere else but in a court of law!

— John Quincy Adams

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

— Sylvie Guillem

Laws are often made by fools, and even more often by men who fail in equity because they hate equality: but always by men,…

— Michel de Montaigne