Authority Quote by L. Neil Smith

Authority is quite degrading.

— Oscar Wilde

When authority is total, so too is the madness of the man who declares it, and the potential for abuse of power.

— Rick Wilson

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

— Tom Robbins

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

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

I've always had trouble with authority.

— John Milius

It is not enough these days to simply QUESTION AUTHORITY. You have to speak with it, too.

— Taylor Mali

The answer is to say 'No!' to authority when authority is wrong.

— Studs Terkel

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

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

Mere precedent is a dangerous source of authority.

— Andrew Jackson