#authority

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

#acknowledge #authority #blind #blind faith #duties

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

— Michael Baden

#authority #been #comes #death #get

Punishment may make us obey the orders we are given, but at best it will only teach an obedience to authority, not a self-control which enhances our self-respect. ↗

— Bruno Bettelheim

#best #enhances #given #make #may

A leading authority is anyone who has guessed right more than once. ↗

— Frank A. Clark

#authority #guessed #leading #more #once

American democracy must be a failure because it places the supreme authority in the hands of the poorest and most ignorant part of the society. ↗

— Thomas Babington Macaulay

#authority #because #democracy #failure #hands

I have as much authority as the Pope, I just don't have as many people who believe it. ↗

— George Carlin

#believe #i #just #many #much

All my authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. ↗

— Jesus Christ

#been #earth #given #heaven #me

Democrats believe we must have comprehensive health care reform that includes giving the federal government authority to negotiate lower prices with drug companies. ↗

— Jim Clyburn

#believe #care #companies #comprehensive #democrats

I am certainly not an authority on love because there are no authorities on love, just those who've had luck with it and those who haven't. ↗

— Bill Cosby

#authorities #authority #because #certainly #had

Don't name it, as they say, because instantly you offer it to this peculiar authority. ↗

— Robert Creeley

#because #instantly #name #offer #peculiar