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 Anyone who in discussion relies upon authority uses, not his understanding, but rather his memory.
  Leonardo da Vinci

 Authority forgets a dying king
  Alfred, Lord Tennyson

 Authority founded on injustice is never of long duration.
  Seneca

 Authority has every reason to fear the skeptic, for authority can rarely survive in the face of doubt

 Authority has every reason to fear the skeptic, for authority can rarely survive in the face of doubt

 Authority intoxicates, And makes mere sots of magistrates; The fumes of it invade the brain, And make men giddy, proud and vain: By this the fool commands the wise, The noble-with the base complies, The sot assumes the rule of wit, And cowards make t
  Samuel Butler

 Authority is itself inherently an act of imagination.

 Authority is quite degrading
  Oscar Wilde

 But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain - that it has either authorized such a government as we have had, or has been powerless to prevent it. In either case, it is unfit to exist.

 Democracy is the form of government that gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.
  James Russell Lowell

 Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.
  Clement Attlee

 Democracy shows not only its power in reforming governments, but in regenerating a race of men and this is the greatest blessing of free governments
  Andrew Jackson

 Democrats give away their old clothes; Republicans wear theirs. Republicans employ exterminators; Democrats step on the bugs. Democrats eat the fish they catch; Republicans stuff 'em and hang 'em on the wall.

 Dullness in matters of government is a good sign, and not a bad one - in particular, dullness in parliamentary government is a test of its excellence, an indication of its success.
  Walter Bagehot

 Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.
  Peter F. Drucker


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