Sigmund Freud Quotes About Authority

Quotes about: Authority

• I had the greatest respect for the authorities of my day--until I studied things for myself, and came to my own conclusions.

  Sigmund Freud

  Authority, Conclusion, My Own

• We know that the great majority of people have a strong need for authority which it can admire, to which it can submit, and which dominates and sometimes even ill-treats it.

  Sigmund Freud

  Strong, People, Majority

  "Moses and Monotheism".

• If one wishes to form a true estimate of the full grandeur of religion, one must keep in mind what it undertakes to do for men. It gives them information about the source and origin of the universe, it assures them of protection and final happiness, and it guides - by - precepts - backed by the full force of its authority.

  Sigmund Freud

  Men, Giving, Mind

  Sigmund Freud (1952). “Major Works”

• It is a mistake to believe that science consists in nothing but conclusively proved propositions, and it is unjust to demand that it should. It is a demand made by those who feel a craving for authority in some form to replace the religious catechism by something else, even a scientific one.

  Sigmund Freud

  Religious, Mistake, Believe

  Sigmund freud (1975). “Gen Intro Psycho”, Pocket

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