Read quote“Certainement qui est en droit de vous rendre absurde est en droit de vous rendre injuste.”
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About Authority
Legitimate power, obedience, expertise, and social control
The collection
Words on Authority
Read quote“La tirannide non sottentra alla libertá, se non se con una forza effettiva, e talmente preponderante, che col solo continuo minacciare facilmente contiene l’universale.”
Read quote“After I am gone, the throne will be passed on to him.”
Read quote“Yes, I use a great many quotations; but they are illustrious and true, and, if I am not mistaken, they convey authority pleasurably.”
Read quote“Prisons are built with stones of law; brothels with bricks of religion.”
Read quote“It is with literature as with law or empire — an established name is an estate in tenure, or a throne in possession.”