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    Authority intoxicates,
    And makes mere sots of magistrates;
    The fumes of it invade the brain,
    And make men giddy, proud, and vain.

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Well, I must be patient; there is no fettering of authority.

Well, I must be patient; there is no fettering of authority.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Authority Quotes,
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Thou hast seen a farmer's dog bark at a beggar? . . . And the
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Thou hast seen a farmer's dog bark at a beggar? . . . And the
creature run from the cur. There thou mightst behold the great
image of authority--a dog's obeyed in office.

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If you're going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use two feet.

If you're going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use two feet.

by Keith Richards Found in: Authority Quotes,
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The faith that stand on authority is not faith.

The faith that stand on authority is not faith.

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Those he commands move only in command,
Nothing in live. Now does he feel his title
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Those he commands move only in command,
Nothing in live. Now does he feel his title
Hang loose about him, like a giant's robe
Upon a dwarfish thief.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Authority Quotes,
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If you wish to know what a man is, place him in authority.

If you wish to know what a man is, place him in authority.

by Yugoslav Proverb Found in: Authority Quotes,
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He who rules by moral force is like the pole star, which remains
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He who rules by moral force is like the pole star, which remains
in place while all the lesser stars do homage to it.

by Samuel Butler Found in: Authority Quotes,
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To punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority myself.

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

by Albert Einstein Found in: Authority Quotes,
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All authority belongs to the people

All authority belongs to the people

by Thomas Jefferson Found in: Authority Quotes,
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