Question Authority
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"Question authority" is a popular bumper sticker slogan which first appeared in the late 1970s, and a common graffiti slogan. It is intended to encourage people to avoid [fallacious] appeals to authority.
The origin of the phrase is sometimes attributed to Timothy Leary.[citation needed] Enlightenment polymath Benjamin Franklin was often quoted as saying "it is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority".[citation needed]
The term can also be read humorously as a noun phrase signifying "someone who is an authority on the subject of questions".[original research?]
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