Authority Quote by Norman Douglas Download Open image “Distrust of authority should be the first civic duty.” — Norman Douglas ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.4 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Authority Civic duty Civics Distrust Duty Firsts Power Responsibility Should
I think having a healthy distrust of authority is a good thing, within certain parameters, obviously. — Fiona Bruce Copy Share Image
It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“If you want people to recognize your authority, serve them first.” — Moroaswi Tumiso Victor Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Remember that the essence of authority is that people willingly follow your lead. — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
When people in authority want the rest of us to behave, it matters-first and foremost-how they behave. — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
Every legitimate authority should respect its extent and its limits. — Joseph Joubert Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Knowing when to use your authority is an important as knowing how to use it. — Varsha Sharma Copy Share Image
People who have reformed themselves has contributed their full share towards the reformation of their neighbor. — Norman Douglas Copy Share Image
The true cook is the perfect blend, the only perfect blend, of artist and philosopher. He knows his worth: he holds in his palm… — Norman Douglas Copy Share Image
One can always trust to time. Insert a wedge of time and nearly everything straightens itself out. — Norman Douglas Copy Share Image
Learn to foster an ardent imagination; so shall you descry beauty which others passed unheeded. — Norman Douglas Copy Share Image
No one can expect a majority to be stirred by motives other than ignoble. — Norman Douglas Copy Share Image
There is so much goodness in real life- do let us keep it out of our books. — Norman Douglas Copy Share Image
The business of life is to enjoy oneself; everything else is a mockery. — Norman Douglas Copy Share Image
Wine is a precarious aphrodisiac, and its fumes have blighted many a mating. — Norman Douglas Copy Share Image
I don't believe in competitions between artists. This is insane. Who has the authority to say someone is better? — Alan Arkin Copy Share Image
Islam never differentiates between men and women as regards political rights and puts them on an equal footing. However, even if a woman is… — Yusuf al-Qaradawi Copy Share Image
I think people need to be comfortable questioning the authority of a doctor. — Susannah Cahalan Copy Share Image
At a distance, we cannot conceive of the authority of a despot who knows all his subjects on sight. — Stendhal Copy Share Image
Throughout human history, as our species has faced the frightening, terrorizing fact that we do not know who we are, or where we are… — Timothy Leary Copy Share Image
“I'm of the age and immaturity level that I cannot give you my respect solely because you are older or ranked higher on an… — Erica Goros Copy Share Image
In the end theologians are jealous of science, for they are aware that it has greater authority than do their own ways of finding… — Jerry A. Coyne Copy Share Image
Every wife ought to answer for her man. If the husband be engaged in a seditious club, or drinks mysterious healths, or be frugal… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Miracles are like candles lit up until the sun rises, and then blown out. Therefore, I am amused when I hear sects and churches… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The execution was set for the 29th of March, at nine in the morning. This delay was due to a desire on the part… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
I started with the belief that every person who came to the laboratory was free to accept or to reject the dictates of authority.… — Stanley Milgram Copy Share Image
The rationale which accompanies that imposition of male authority euphemistically referred to as 'the battle of the sexes' bears a certain resemblance to the… — Kate Millett Copy Share Image
