"When all authority of every kind is put aside, denied, then you can find out for yourself."
Read quote
10 likes
Authority quotes
Authority
479 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Explore further
Topics related to Authority
Browse quotes that often appear alongside authority — connected by shared ideas and recurring themes.
Quote collection
Authority quotes (page 3 of 24)
Follow a thought to its author, or read the full quote page.
"Any acceptance of authority is the very denial of truth."
Read quote
10 likes
"To defy the authority of empirical evidence is to disqualify oneself as someone worthy of critical engagement in a dialogue."
Read quote
9 likes
"The less people know about what is really going on, the easier it is to wield power and authority."
Read quote
9 likes
"What is new in our time is the increased power of the authorities to enforce their prejudices."
Read quote
9 likes
"Authority is no source for Truth."
Read quote
9 likes
"Our rulers can have authority over such natural rights only as we have submitted to them."
Read quote
9 likes
"I believe in the magic and authority of words."
Read quote
9 likes
"If a rhinoceros were to enter this restaurant now, there is no denying he would have great power here. But I should be the first to rise and assure him that he had no authority whatever."
Read quote
9 likes
"We believe that the people are the source of all governmental power; that the authority of the people is to be extended, not restricted."
Read quote
8 likes
"Authority is never without hate."
Read quote
8 likes
"The faith that stands on authority is not faith."
Read quote
8 likes
"To permit irresponsible authority is to sell disaster."
Read quote
8 likes
"One could write a history of science in reverse by assembling the solemn pronouncements of highest authority about what could not be done and could never happen."
Read quote
8 likes
"The love of power and the love of liberty are in eternal antagonism."
Read quote
8 likes
"There ought to be an absolute dictatorship... a dictatorship of painters... a dictatorship of one painter... to suppress all those who have betrayed us."
Read quote
7 likes
"I swore an oath before the altar of God to protect this woman. And if you're tellin' me that ye consider your own authority to be greater than that of the Almighty, then I must inform ye that I'm not of that opinion, myself."
Read quote
7 likes
"He who rules by moral force is like the pole star, which remains in place while all the lesser stars do homage to it."
Read quote
7 likes
"My relationship to power and authority is that I'm all for it."
Read quote
7 likes
"All authority belongs to the people."
Read quote
7 likes