Authority Quotes

Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.

Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.

Whenever an authority disappears, another one appears; and if a star sets, another one rises.

Think for yourself and question authority.

The man whose authority is recent is always stern.

God is the King. In him exists all legal authority.

For which reason I would exhort you to pay all due Regard to the government over us; to the KING and all in authority; and to lead a quiet and peaceable life.

Scientists and scholars should constitute themselves as an international NGO of exceptional authority.

I have been given the authority over you, and I am not the best of you. If I do well, help me; and if I do wrong, set me right. Sincere regard for truth.

American democracy must be a failure because it places the supreme authority in the hands of the poorest and most ignorant part of the society.

Authority is not a quality one person "has," in the sense that he has property or physical qualities. Authority refers to an interpersonal relation in which one person looks upon another as somebody superior to him.

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

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

It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law