The highest duty is to respect authority

Quote by Leo XIII

Topics: Authority Quotes, Duty Quotes

Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.

Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.

The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.

The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.

Think for yourself and question authority

Think for yourself and question authority

Authority forgets a dying king

Authority forgets a dying king

If you're going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use two...

If you're going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use two...

Grades are a problem. On the most general level, they're an explicit acknowledgment that what...

Grades are a problem. On the most general level, they're an explicit acknowledgment that what...

The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to...

The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to...

Great men in judicial places will never want authority

Great men in judicial places will never want authority

Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don't interfere

Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don't interfere

All authority belongs to the people

All authority belongs to the people

Those fields which most depend upon authoritative opinion for their data least contain known natural...

Those fields which most depend upon authoritative opinion for their data least contain known natural...

If you think your teacher is tough, wait until you get a boss. He doesn't...

If you think your teacher is tough, wait until you get a boss. He doesn't...

Whenever there is authority, there is a natural inclination to disobedience

Whenever there is authority, there is a natural inclination to disobedience

Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority.

Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority.

Authority is itself inherently an act of imagination.

Authority is itself inherently an act of imagination.

Authority intoxicates, And makes mere sots of magistrates; The fumes of it invade the brain,...

Authority intoxicates, And makes mere sots of magistrates; The fumes of it invade the brain,...

He who has no bread has no authority

He who has no bread has no authority

[I]f we and our posterity reject religious instruction and authority, violate the rules of eternal...

[I]f we and our posterity reject religious instruction and authority, violate the rules of eternal...

Do the duty which lieth nearest to thee! Thy second duty will already have become...

Do the duty which lieth nearest to thee! Thy second duty will already have become...

If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world...

If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world...