Argument Quote by Samuel Homola

“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

Whoever is a complete person does not need to be an authority.

— Max Stirner

Reasonable argument is impossible when authority becomes the arbiter.

— Orson Scott Card

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

— Watchman Nee

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

“With 'Right belief', no contradiction would arise; and the absence of contradiction is called the 'Established principle'.”

— Dada Bhagwan

Things true and evident must of necessity be recognized by those who would contradict them.

— Epictetus

“We are not meant to resolve all contradictions but to live with them and rise above them and see them in the light of…

— Thomas Merton

“The more a man departs from lawful authority, that is, authority normally constituted, whether by God or by the nature of things, the more…

— Antonin Sertillanges

All authority belongs to the people... In questions of power let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from…

— Thomas Jefferson

There is no power or authority without responsibility, and he who accepts the one cannot escape or evade the other.

— Haile Selassie

To me, authority is something that a freer spirit, a more independent mind, and a person who can handle the world, doesn't need guidance…

— George Carlin