Authority Quotes and Sayings

“Honor is a harder master than the law.” – Mark Twain

“All authority belongs to the people.” – Thomas Jefferson

“Nobody is as powerful as we make them out to be.” – Alice Walker

“Experience is the highest authority.” – Carl Rogers

“The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.” – Niccolo Machiavelli

“I am the co-creator. I am my own authority.” – Gretchen Little

“Moral authority is never retained by any attempt to hold on to it. It comes without seeking and is retained without effort.” – Mahatma Gandhi

“It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority.” – Benjamin Franklin

“To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough to make me ambitious.” – Ernest Renan

“Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.” – Charles De Gaulle

“You can delegate, authority, but not responsibility.” – Stephen Comiskey

“The wisest have the most authority.” – Plato