Carolina QuotesIf authority is to be used, it should not be a coercive type thing. After all, what dictates that a person can be put in an authoritative position over someone else? If it's experience, then respect should come from that, not authority. People should adhere to rules because they respect them and not because some position mandates that respect.
H. Rap Brown Connected to the Carolinas
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- Die Nigger Die (1969)
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- 1969
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“If authority is to be used, it should not be a coercive type…” H. Rap Brown. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-D3CB03163B. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/d3cb03163b
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