Authority Quotes

Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority; but still more when they are super bad and add the tendency of the certainty of corruption of authority.

Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion.

Intolerance of ambiguity is the mark of an authoritarian personality.

Who holds a power but newly gained is ever stern of mood.

Nothing overshadows truth so completely as authority.

I don’t like authority. At least I don’t like other people’s authority.

Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish.

I believe in a lively disrespect for most forms of authority.