The weaker the man in authority... the stronger his insistence that all his privileges be acknowledged.

The weaker the man in authority... the stronger his insistence that all his privileges be acknowledged.

All authority must be out of a man's self, turned . . . either
upon an art, or upon read more

All authority must be out of a man's self, turned . . . either
upon an art, or upon a man.
- Francis Bacon,

There are two things over which you have complete dominion, authority and control ð your mind and your mouth

There are two things over which you have complete dominion, authority and control ð your mind and your mouth

Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit read more

Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.

For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of
death, I refuse not to die: read more

For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of
death, I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these things
whereof these accuse me, no man may deliver me unto them. I
appeal unto Caesar.

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.

The wisest have the most authority

The wisest have the most authority

A position of authority is neither necessary nor sufficient for the exercise of leadership.

A position of authority is neither necessary nor sufficient for the exercise of leadership.

Thou hast seen a farmer's dog bark at a beggar? . . . And the
creature run from the read more

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.