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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.
Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.
Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.
All authority belongs to the people
All authority belongs to the people
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.
Shall remain!
Hear you this Triton of the minnows? Mark you
His absolute 'shall'?
Shall remain!
Hear you this Triton of the minnows? Mark you
His absolute 'shall'?
The wisest have the most authority
The wisest have the most authority
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,
Authority intoxicates,
And makes mere sots of magistrates;
The fumes of it invade the brain,
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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.
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.
