Agency Quote by Slavoj Žižek

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: The skill of getting people to willingly do your will, because of your personal influence.

— James Hunter

Authority is something from which we are constantly subtracting, of which there remains always a residue, and which we attempt to make smaller and…

— Federica Montseny

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

Authority is like soap, the more you use it the less you will have of it.

— Mark Dever

Authority is itself inherently an act of imagination.

— Richard Sennett

We have the authority to take action, ... But responsible authority means not only being able to take action, but knowing when and how…

— Janet Reno

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

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 figures are so irritating. Because they always tell you to do things for reasons that aren't very good. That sums up what authority…

— Rupert Everett

I just don't like authority. I do like authority when I respect it.

— Sylvie Guillem

I don't like authority, at least I don't like other people's authority.

— A. C. Benson