Authority Quotes

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

Fools admire everything in an author of reputation. For my part, I read only to please myself. I like only that which serves my purpose.

A wise prince must devise ways by which his citizens are always and in all circumstances dependent on him and his authority; and then they will always be faithful to him.

Authority intoxicates, And makes mere sots of magistrates; The fumes of it invade the brain, And make men giddy, proud and vain: By this the fool commands the wise, The noble-with the base complies, The sot assumes the rule of wit, And cowards make the brave submit.

It is difficult for even the most conscientious person to report facts objectively at all times. The attitudes and beliefs of the authority often affect his perception of the fact, and the way he reports it to us. Moreover, his ignorance of other facts, as we have indicated, may make him unduly impressed with a […]

Question authority.

The faith that stands on authority is not faith. The reliance on authority measures the decline of religion, the withdrawal of the soul.

When you make your peace with authority, you become authority.

Nothing intoxicates some people like a sip of authority.

New faces have more authority than accustomed ones.