Authority Quotes

“We are not to be disciples of the fathers, but with them we are to be disciples of the Scriptures.”

“We ought to obey God rather than men.”

“The very purpose of the First Amendment is to foreclose public authority from assuming a guardianship of the public mind.”

“No one has the right to obey.”

“Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the obedience of fools.”

“I've always had a problem with authority.”

“I have a healthy disrespect for authority. I'm not a fan of the nanny state.”

“Too many leaders are so busy exercising their authority that they don't have time to build their influence.”

“I am the Senate.”

“The powerful hate truth.”

“The Bill of Rights is a born rebel. It reeks with sedition. In every clause it shakes its fist in the face of constituted authority.”

“Authority is the character of a communication in a formal organization by virtue of which it is accepted by a contributor to or 'member' of the organization as governing the action he contributes.”

“All progress has been brought about by people who have been prepared to say 'no' to authority.”

“Peralta, that's enough!”

“It is the very purpose of the First Amendment to foreclose public authority from assuming a guardianship of the public mind.”

“There is one thing in the world more wicked than the desire to command, and that is the will to obey.”

“Assume the position.”

“Courage is a hard thing to figure. You can have courage based on a dumb idea or a mistake, but you're not supposed to question adults.”

“For men to be tied and led by authority, as it were with a kind of captivity of judgment, and though there be reason to the contrary not to listen unto it...is a bondage of mind that hath been bred by ignorance and cherished by custom.”

“Where there is authority, there is no freedom.”