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Authority5 quotes
What we’ve got here is failure to communicate. Some man you just can’t reach. — Captain (Cool Hand Luke) · 1967Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth. — Albert Einstein · 1901This is no democracy. It is a dictatorship. I am the law. — Coach Herman Boone · 2000Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges. I don't have to show you any stinking badges. — Gold Hat · 1948You have a problem with authority, Mr. Anderson. You believe that you are special, that somehow the rules do not apply to you. Obviously, you are mistaken. — Rhineheart · 1999The man2 quotes
What we’ve got here is failure to communicate. Some man you just can’t reach. — Captain (Cool Hand Luke) · 1967You have a problem with authority, Mr. Anderson. You believe that you are special, that somehow the rules do not apply to you. Obviously, you are mistaken. — Rhineheart · 1999Authoritarianism1 quote
This is no democracy. It is a dictatorship. I am the law. — Coach Herman Boone · 2000Communication1 quote
What we’ve got here is failure to communicate. Some man you just can’t reach. — Captain (Cool Hand Luke) · 1967Deference1 quote
Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth. — Albert Einstein · 1901Law enforcement1 quote
Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges. I don't have to show you any stinking badges. — Gold Hat · 1948Police1 quote
Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges. I don't have to show you any stinking badges. — Gold Hat · 1948Rebellion1 quote
Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth. — Albert Einstein · 1901Resisting authority1 quote
You have a problem with authority, Mr. Anderson. You believe that you are special, that somehow the rules do not apply to you. Obviously, you are mistaken. — Rhineheart · 1999