You can delegate authority, but you cannot delegate responsibility.
Byron Dorgan
Distrust of authority should be the first civic duty.
Norman Douglas
Since when have we Americans been expected to bow submissively to authority and speak with awe and reverence to those who represent us?
William O. Douglas
The faith that stands on authority is not faith.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
I created no authority that wasn't already there under the constitution.
John Engler
You either believe that people respond to authority, or that they respond to kindness and inclusion. I'm obviously in the latter camp. I think... →
Brian Eno
Authority is never without hate.
Euripides
New faces have more authority than accustomed ones.
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... →
Rupert Everett
I've never been any good with authority.