The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.
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Authority must be respected and chosen wisely.
Everywhere, authority and tradition have to justify themselves in the face of questions.
Authority is mainly a moral power; therefore, it must first call upon the conscience, that is, upon the duty that each person has to contribute willingly to the common good.
In order to be respected, authority has got to be respectable.
I don't use 'always do this,' 'never say that' and I never give advice because I'm not the end-all, be-all authority.
A leading authority is anyone who has guessed right more than once.
When you make your peace with authority, you become authority.
A leader must have the courage to act against an expert's advice.
Moral authority comes from following universal and timeless principles like honesty, integrity, treating people with respect.
The permissiveness of society must be balanced with authoritativeness.
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