#authority

Universal suffrage should rest upon universal education. To this end, liberal and permanent provision should be made for the support of free schools by the State governments, and, if need be, supplemented by legitimate aid from national authority. ↗

— Rutherford B. Hayes

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Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority. ↗

— Thomas Huxley

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The ultimate court of appeal is observation and experiment... not authority. ↗

— Thomas Huxley

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The improver of natural knowledge absolutely refuses to acknowledge authority, as such. For him, skepticism is the highest of duties; blind faith the one unpardonable sin. ↗

— Thomas Huxley

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My only purpose is to teach children to rebel against authority figures. ↗

— Sherman Alexie

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I get involved if a problem comes up after the death has been investigated by the local authority. ↗

— Michael Baden

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I have been given the authority over you, and I am not the best of you. If I do well, help me; and if I do wrong, set me right. Sincere regard for truth. ↗

— Abu Bakr

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Does it follow that I reject all authority? Perish the thought. In the matter of boots, I defer to the authority of the boot-maker. ↗

— Mikhail Bakunin

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I bow before the authority of special men because it is imposed upon me by my own reason. ↗

— Mikhail Bakunin

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When we wrote the Constitution, the intention was to give the commander in chief the authority how to use the forces when you authorize him to be able to use the forces. ↗

— Joe Biden

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