Quote by Noam Chomsky

“Authority in the world is being increasingly undermined until at the end all authorities will be overthrown and lawlessness shall rule.”

— Watchman Nee

“Only those who are subject to authority can be authority.”

— Watchman Nee

“Authority is a responsible form of power; it should be given to responsible man.”

— Amit Kalantri

“What can be asserted without proof can be dissmissed without proof.”

— Christopher Hitchens

“fight authority with authority,”

— Banana Yoshimoto

Authority is not power; that's coercion. Authority is not knowledge; that's persuasion, or seduction. Authority is simply that the author has the right to…

— Herman Kahn

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 an inescapable fact of political existence, and to imply that anyone who respects authority is prone to violence against the weak and…

— Dante L. Germino

Every legitimate authority should respect its extent and its limits.

— Joseph Joubert

“There is no higher authority.”

— Russell T. Davies

“The authority of government, even such as I am willing to submit to— for I will cheerfully obey those who know and can do…

— Henry David Thoreau

“The prerequisite for being in authority is recognizing that one is always under authority.”

— Joe Rigney