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Most men, after a little freedom, have preferred authority with the consoling assurances and the economy of effort which it brings.
No one can estimate the power of authority among poor and uneducated people in a world whose problems confuse even the wisest.
Authority, as he knows it, is always dangerous, selfish, inexplicable. It looks after its own mysterious affairs in a dark privacy. It never explains.
If your heart is quite set upon a crown, make and put on one of roses, for it will make the prettier appearance.
Authority is never without hate.
New faces Have more authority than accustomed ones.
Lawful and settled authority is very seldom resisted when it is well employed.
Authority has every reason to fear the skeptic, for authority can rarely survive in the face of doubt.
Jurisdiction is not given for the sake of the judge, but for that of the litigant.
Man, proud man, Drest in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's most assured.
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