Authority Quote by 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, 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

Perhaps even more than constituted authority, it is social uniformity and sameness that harass the individual most.

— Emma Goldman

The voice of authority speaks not for the one but for the many; authority figures have a strong and rapid effect on social norms…

— Maria Konnikova

Knowing when to use your authority is an important as knowing how to use it.

— Varsha Sharma

All authority comes from the people.

— Michael Davies

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

— Tom Robbins

Authority is mainly a moral power; therefore, it must first call upon the conscience, that is, upon the duty that each person has to…

— Pope John XXIII

We know that the great majority of people have a strong need for authority which it can admire, to which it can submit, and…

— Sigmund Freud

Everywhere in life people are in authority to make decisions and you have to abide by them, whether right or wrong.

— Nasser Hussain

The highest duty is to respect authority

— Anonymous