#authority

Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence. ↗

— Leonardo da Vinci

#much #nothing #silence #strengthens

Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory. ↗

— Leonardo da Vinci

#appealing #argument #authority #conducts #his

Well we'd just seen Gerry. I think he wanted somebody who had that authority and was handsome. The thing is, he's a big hunk isn't he? All I can say, if you look at his chat line, or the Phantom website, it's quite worrying. Because the girls really seem to love him. ↗

— Andrew Lloyd Webber

#because #big #chat #gerry #had

There is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally bad. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#bad #equally #mob #monarch #necessity