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Biography - Gustave Le Bon:

French polymath.
Born: 1841 - Died: 1931
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: France
France

Competence without authority is as powerless as authority without competence.



Translation

Translation

(French)



French
La compétence sans autorité est aussi impuissante que l'autorité sans compétence.




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Justice without power is inefficient; power without justice is tyranny.




Quotes

Quotes for: authority


Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.





Article III – The principle of any sovereignty resides essentially in the Nation. No body, no individual can exert authority which does not emanate expressly from it.





It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law.





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







Quotes

Gustave Le Bon also said...


The masses have never thirsted after truth. They turn aside from evidence that is not to their taste, preferring to deify error, if error seduce them. Whoever can supply them with illusions is easily their master; whoever attempts to destroy their illusions is always their victim.





To progress, it is not enough to want to act, one must first know in which direction to act.





The real democratic progress is not to lower the level of the elite toward that of the crowd, but to raise that of the crowd toward the elite.





By the mere fact that he forms part of an organised crowd, a man descends several rungs in the ladder of civilisation.





For it must not be supposed that merely because the justness of an idea has been proved it can be productive of effective action even on cultivated minds. This fact may be quickly appreciated by noting how slight is the influence of the clearest demonstration on the majority of men.





No need to be praised when you are sure of yourself. He who seeks praise doubts his own worth.












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