Authority Quotes

"In my house I'm the boss, my wife is just the decision maker."

"Freedom is the recognition that no single person, no single authority or government has a monopoly on the truth, but that every individual life is infinitely precious, that every one of us put in this world has been put there for a reason and has something to offer."

"Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth."

"To punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority myself."

"Football is like life -- it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority."

"If you think your teacher is tough, wait until you get a boss. He doesn't have tenure."

"Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence he is just using his memory"

"Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don't interfere"

"All authority belongs to the people"

"There is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally bad."

"Conformity-the natural instinct to passively yield to that vague something recognized as authority"

"The people are hungry: It is because those in authority eat up too much in taxes."

"Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people."

"The anarchists are right in everything; in the negation of the existing order, and in the assertion that, without authority, there could not be worse violence than that of authority under existing conditions. They are mistaken only in thinking that a"

"Authority is quite degrading"

"I do not believe in immortality of the individual, and I consider ethics to be an exclusively human concern with no superhuman authority behind it."

"Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don't interfere as long as the policy you've decided upon is being carried out."

"You can never give complete authority and overall power to anyone until trust can be proven."

"Common sense is the foundation of all authorities, of the laws themselves, and of their construction."

"Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases."