Authority Quote by Scott Lynch

Few things are more laughably pitiable than authority once it has been successfully defied.

— L. Neil Smith

Authority is by nothing so much strengthened and confirmed as by custom; for no man easily distrusts the things which he and all men…

— William Temple

I think people have to recognise that the traditional modes of authority weren't that great.

— Jimmy Wales

I think, early on, I was very distrustful of authority yet needed a lot of approval from it. I was in that kind of…

— Mark Rylance

As a result of my study, I came to the conclusion that a common supreme authority was undesirable.

— Fredrik Bajer

When authority is total, so too is the madness of the man who declares it, and the potential for abuse of power.

— Rick Wilson

“Authority is a strange concept. It begins with assumptions and ends with denials. The bigger the Authority, the more power it assumes, and the…

— Sharon Lee

As I got older, I was able to articulate why I was rebelling against authority - because their motives were much more forceful and…

— Richard Belzer

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 itself inherently an act of imagination.

— Richard Sennett

They were becoming like a little Mafia. If one committed a mischief, the others would not tell.

— Franco Diligenti

The power of authority is never more subtle and effective than when it produces a psychological atmosphere or climate favorable to the life of…

— Arthur Balfour