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    Authority intoxicates,
    And makes mere sots of magistrates;
    The fumes of it invade the brain,
    And make men giddy, proud, and vain.

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If you're going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use two feet.

If you're going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use two feet.

by Keith Richards Found in: Authority Quotes,
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Authority is quite degrading

Authority is quite degrading

by Oscar Wilde Found in: Authority Quotes,
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Shall remain!
Hear you this Triton of the minnows? Mark you
His absolute 'shall'?

Shall remain!
Hear you this Triton of the minnows? Mark you
His absolute 'shall'?

by William Shakespeare Found in: Authority Quotes,
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All authority belongs to the people

All authority belongs to the people

by Thomas Jefferson Found in: Authority Quotes,
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He seems to be of great authority. Close with him, give him
gold; and though authority be a stubborn read more

He seems to be of great authority. Close with him, give him
gold; and though authority be a stubborn bear, yet he is oft led
by the nose with gold.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Authority Quotes,
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Those he commands move only in command,
Nothing in live. Now does he feel his title
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Those he commands move only in command,
Nothing in live. Now does he feel his title
Hang loose about him, like a giant's robe
Upon a dwarfish thief.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Authority Quotes,
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The weaker the man in authority... the stronger his insistence that all his privileges be acknowledged.

The weaker the man in authority... the stronger his insistence that all his privileges be acknowledged.

by Austin O'malley Found in: Authority Quotes,
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There are two things over which you have complete dominion, authority and control ð your mind and your mouth

There are two things over which you have complete dominion, authority and control ð your mind and your mouth

by African Proverb Found in: Authority Quotes,
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Thus can the demigod Authority
Make us pay down for our offense by weight
The words of read more

Thus can the demigod Authority
Make us pay down for our offense by weight
The words of heaven; on whom it will, it will,
On whom it will not, so: yet still 'tis just.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Authority Quotes,
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