Authority Quote by Jonathan Haidt

One must require from each one the duty which each one can perform. Accepted authority rests first of all on reason.

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

“purity of a sort is easily had where responsibilities are not assumed. The”

— Richard Hofstadter

There's an essential order you have to follow in everything. It's a way of showing respect, following everything in the correct order.

— Anonymous

“One must require from each one the duty with each one can perform," said the king. "Accepted authority rests first of all on reason.…

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Every time you change your orders without obvious reason, you weaken your authority.

— Napoleon Hill

Simplicity and order are, if not the principal, then certainly the most important guidelines for human beings in general.

— M. C. Escher

Orders can be benign or malign, but the habit of obeying them can become ingrained.

— Theodore Dalrymple

The highest duty is to respect authority

— Anonymous

Giving orders you know won't be obeyed is one of the best ways I know to destroy your own authority.

— David Weber

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

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 like soap, the more you use it the less you will have of it.

— Mark Dever