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Authority Quotes

authority, unless justified, is inherently illegitimate and that the burden of proof is on those in authority. If this burden can't be met, the authority in question should be dismantled. Noam Chomsky
Authority is supposedly grounded in wisdom, but I could see from a very early age that authority was only a system of control and it didn't have any inherent wisdom. I quickly realised that you either became a power or you were crushed Joe Strummer
Authority seems to be nothing other than the vanishing-point of textuality. And Nature is authority whose textual origins have been forgotten. Barbara Johnson
Spike Milligan quote: "Author, author, did you write these legs?( The Milligan- Puckoon"
Author, author, did you write these legs?( The Milligan- Puckoon Spike Milligan
Golda Meir quote: "Authority poisons everybody who takes authority on himself."
Authority poisons everybody who takes authority on himself. Golda Meir
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. Erich Fromm
Authority figures are so irritating. Because they always tell you to do things for reasons that aren't very good. That sums up what authority is about for me. Rupert Everett
Robertson Davies quote: "Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise..."
Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors for the same reasons. Robertson Davies
Vita Sackville-West quote: "Authority has every reason to fear the skeptic, for authority..."
Authority has every reason to fear the skeptic, for authority can rarely survive in the face of doubt. Vita Sackville-West
Alan Moore quote: "Authority, when first detecting chaos at its heels, will..."
Authority, when first detecting chaos at its heels, will entertain the vilest schemes to save its orderly facade. Alan Moore
Author's Notes: This story starts with section 6. This is not a mistake. I have my own subtle reasoning. So, just read, and enjoy. Isaac Asimov
David Foster Wallace quote: "Authors are monkeys who mean"
Authors are monkeys who mean David Foster Wallace
Authors, she soon decided, were probably best met within the pages of their novels, and were as much creatures of the reader's imagination as the characters in their books. Nor did they seem to think one had done them a kindness by reading their writings. Rather they had done one the kindness by writing them. Alan Bennett
Dan Brown quote: "Authors, he thought. Even the sane ones are nuts."
Authors, he thought. Even the sane ones are nuts. Dan Brown
Kemal Ataturk quote: "Authority, without any condition and reservation, belongs to..."
Authority, without any condition and reservation, belongs to the nation. Kemal Ataturk

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