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Quotes about authority
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No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority. (Tucker Benjamin Ricketson)
To say that authority, whether secular or religious, supplies no ground for morality is not to deny the obvious fact that it supplies a sanction. (Tucker Benjamin Ricketson)
Does it follow that I reject all authority? Perish the thought. In the matter of boots, I defer to the authority of the boot-maker. (Tucker Benjamin Ricketson)
Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge, fitter to bruise than to polish. (Tucker Benjamin Ricketson)
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Anyone who in discussion relies upon authority uses, not his understanding, but rather his memory. (Tucker Benjamin Ricketson)
Authority is never without hate. (Tucker Benjamin Ricketson)
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. (Tucker Benjamin Ricketson)
Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence. (Tucker Benjamin Ricketson)
I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge. (Tucker Benjamin Ricketson)
Authority poisons everybody who takes authority on himself. (Tucker Benjamin Ricketson)
Authority has every reason to fear the skeptic, for authority can rarely survive in the face of doubt. (Tucker Benjamin Ricketson)
No statement should be believed because it is made by an authority. (Tucker Benjamin Ricketson)
To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough to make me ambitious. (Tucker Benjamin Ricketson)
Our core audience is into the Web, so we felt it was natural for us to reach youth culture online. (Tucker Benjamin Ricketson)
“Chamberlain seemed such a nice old gentleman that I thought I would give him my autograph.” (Tucker Benjamin Ricketson)
There is an emergency provision within FISA, and one could ask for more authority. If they had good reason Congress would have given it to them. (Tucker Benjamin Ricketson)
The exercise of authority over the same area by two States is a contradiction. (Tucker Benjamin Ricketson)
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