Authority Quote by Malcolm Gladwell

“This is called the “principle of legitimacy,” and legitimacy is based on three things. First of all, the people who are asked to obey…

— Malcolm Gladwell

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

— Malcolm Gladwell

“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

Authority ought to be there only to serve its particular community by removing restrictions on freedom of expression and action under my golden rule…

— David Icke

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

— Tom Robbins

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 must be respected and chosen wisely.

— Lech Walesa

Every legitimate authority should respect its extent and its limits.

— Joseph Joubert

“If citizens cannot trust that laws will be enforced in an evenhanded and honest fashion, they cannot be said to live under the rule…

— Dale Carpenter

Authority has to exist before it can be limited, and it is authority that is in scarce supply in those modernizing countries where government…

— Ferdinand Marcos

It is a dark, unspoken truth that the powerful - the 'ruling class' - make up the rules as they go along.

— Marilyn Ferguson

In democracies, we aren't always governed by the people or the parties that we voted for. But when officials are elected, we must respect…

— Reid Hoffman