More quotations tagged with “authority”
The most absurd apology for authority and law is that they serve to diminish crime. Aside from the fact that the State is itself the greatest criminal, breaking every written and natural law, stealing in the form of taxes, killing in the form of war and capital punishment, it has come to an absolute standstill in coping with crime.
—Emma Goldman
I think we are constantly faced with the same decision. The decision to be blindly obedient to authority versus the decision to try and change things by fighting the powers that be is always, throughout history, the only decision.
—Abbie Hoffman
The only authority I respect is the one that causes butterflies to fly south in fall and north in springtime.
—Tom Robbins
To punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority myself.
—Albert Einstein
Because children see parents as authority figures and gods, they think that the way you treat them is the way they deserve to be treated: “What you say about me is what I am” is a literal truth to your child. Consequently, when children are treated with respect, they conclude that they deserve respect and hence develop self-respect.
—Stephanie Marston