The being cannot be termed rational or virtuous, who obeys any authority, but that of reason.

  • -- Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin 玛丽·葛德文

服从任何权威的人,除了理性的权威外,不能被称为理性的或有德的。

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Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory.

以权相争的,不是用自己的聪明;他只是在利用他的记忆。

Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.

不加思索地尊重权威是真理的最大敌人。