Despised Quote by Thomas Paine

“If those to whom power is delegated do well, they will be respected: if not, they will be despised; and with regard to those…

— Thomas Paine

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimely interchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

— Anonymous

Authority must be respected and chosen wisely.

— Lech Walesa

Power people are generally threatened by authority people...

— James Hunter

Our ancient laws expressly declare that those who are but delegates themselves shall not delegate to others powers which require judgment and integrity in…

— Thomas Jefferson

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

All authority is quite degrading. It degrades those who exercise it, and it degrades those over whom it is exercised.

— Oscar Wilde

In order to be respected, authority has got to be respectable.

— Tom Robbins

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

The institution of delegated power implies that there is a portion of virtue and honor among mankind which may be a reasonable foundation of…

— Alexander Hamilton

The disposition of all power is to abuses, nor does it at all mend the matter that its possessors are a majority.

— James F. Cooper

The disposition of all power is to abuses, nor does it at all mend the matter that its possessors are a majority. Unrestrained political…

— James F. Cooper