Authority Quotes
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I don't mind being called Maddy at all, but I mind the closeness that you assume you get by calling me by my pet name. So merely by calling me Maddy, I don't give you the authority to come and put your hand around my shoulder.
R. Madhavan -
The anger of those in authority is always weighty.
Seneca the Younger
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All children find chaos congenial. Any unruliness, even by nature, advances the child's program of subverting authority.
George Will -
The commander must establish personal and comradely contact with his men, but without giving away one inch of authority.
Erwin Rommel -
The answer is to say 'No!' to authority when authority is wrong.
Studs Terkel -
Someone asks me what's my practice? I don't want the fear of being humiliated to have authority over me. I don't want it to come near me. I don't want it to have a voice in my decisions. I don't want it to be anywhere near me. What's my practice? That one. I don't ever want to humiliate a human being, and I don't want the fear of being humiliated to participate in my thoughts.
Caroline Myss