1,121 Quotes About Authority

One of the great commandments of science is, "Mistrust arguments from authority." (Scientists, being primates, and thus given to dominance hierarchies, of course do not always follow this commandment.) Too many such arguments have proved too painfully wrong. Authorities must prove their contentions like everybody else. This independence of science, its occasional unwillingness to accept conventional wisdom, makes it dangerous to doctrines less self critical, or with pretensions of certitude.

Phineas didn't really dislike West Point in particular or authority in general, but just considered authority the necessary evil against which happiness was achieved by reaction, the backboard which returned all the insults he threw at it.

All you need to be recognized as an authority is to be recognized by a recognized authority

We reign over the united kingdom of time and eternity

Every place is now God's temple, and His people can as truly serve Him in their daily employments as in His house. They are to be always "ministering," offering the spiritual sacrifice of prayer and praise, and presenting themselves a "living sacrifice.

The Word of God gives power, authority and abundant life to a man.

I don't like that guy. He calls the cops for everything.

Brent had a love-hate relationship with the Government. He hated what it had become over the years and loved to make an issue about it.

Authority could derive from passion, not pieces of paper.