“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.
 
     
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The New Official Rules
By Paul Dickson
Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley
1990
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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  
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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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Quigley’s Law
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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
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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