"Question Authority"

[Alice Faber]

Gregory McNamee wrote:
> Fred,
>
> I've always associated the phrase "Question authority" with Timothy
> Leary, who said, sometime back in Consciousness 3, "Think for yourself
> and question authority." I don't have an attestation at the moment but
> will hunt for one. The late 1970s incarnation of the phrase was
> associated with the early Libertarian Party, with which Leary had some
> dealings.

This makes sense. It definitely has a late-60s/early-70s vibe for me.
But I can't pin it down beyond that, though I have a vague recollection
of psychedelic posters captioned "question authority".

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