A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.

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Entry from April 05, 2012
“Quigley’s Law: Whoever has any authority over you, no matter how small, will attempt to use it”

“Quigley’s Law: Whoever has any authority over you, no matter how small, will attempt to use it” has appeared on many Internet sites since its inclusion in The New Official Rules (1990) by Paul Dickson. It’s not known who “Quigley” is. One possibility is historian Carroll Quigley (1910-1977), an influential writer about Washington, D.C.
 
     
Google Books
The New Official Rules
By Paul Dickson
Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley
1990
Pg. ?:
Quigley’s Law. Whoever has any authority over you, no matter how small, will attempt to use it. — anonymous
   
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Pasquinades
By Adrian E. Cristobal
Manila: Anvil Pub.
1993  
Pg. ?:
Quigley’s law, which states: Whoever has any authority over you, no matter how small, will attempt to use it — under which Morato can be said to be most law-abiding — is mitigated by the Law of Free Opinion: If you have anything to say, ...
 
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Created: 31st August 2000
Jester’s Condescending English Dictionary - Q
Quigley’s Law
n
Whoever has any authority over you, no matter how small, will atttempt to use it. 
 
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The Best Advice Ever Given
By Steven D. Price
Guilford, CT: Lyons Press
2006
Pg. 80:
Quigley’s Law: Whoever has any authority over you, no matter how small, will attempt to use it. —Anonymous
 
N=1 by David Martin
Friday, October 19, 2007
“Whoever has any authority over you, no matter how small, will attempt to use it.” Johnny Martin

Posted by Barry Popik
New York CityGovernment/Law/Military/Religion /Health • Thursday, April 05, 2012 • Permalink


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