Authority figures are so irritating. Because they always tell you to do things for reasons that aren't very good. That sums up what authority is about for me.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I obviously identify with the anti-authority figure. I've pretty much always had problems with authority, ever since I was a kid.
People are always casting me for what they call my 'authority.'
I've always had a problem with authority. That's why I had to be my own boss.
I've always had trouble with authority.
I've never been any good with authority.
In order to be respected, authority has got to be respectable.
I've been used to being my own boss for a really long time, so I don't take to authority very well.
I just remember that pivotal moment when you're a young adult, and you realize that these authority figures are human beings, too, and they're figuring out their lives just as you are, and they're flawed.
My relationship to power and authority is that I'm all for it. People need somebody to watch over them. Ninety-five percent of the people in the world need to be told what to do and how to behave.
It is a great matter to be in authority over others; for authority, if it be rightly used, will make you feared beyond your actual resources.
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