Quotes about Authority

Authority is never without hate. Votes: 5

It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law Votes: 5

Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence. Votes: 4

The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority. Votes: 4

No statement should be believed because it is made by an authority. Votes: 4

I have as much authority as the Pope, I just don't have as many people who believe it. Votes: 4

Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases. Votes: 4

In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual. Votes: 4

Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory. Votes: 4

Authority is quite degrading. Votes: 3

Authority does not equal competency. Votes: 3

Authority. The antithesis of science. Votes: 3

Authority figures always attract trouble Votes: 3

Authority forgets a dying king Votes: 3

Authority forgets a dying king. Votes: 3

Authority is no source for Truth. Votes: 3

Authority and example lead the world. Votes: 3

Think for yourself and question authority. Votes: 3

Authority must be respected and chosen wisely. Votes: 3

Authority is conferred by position, not character. Votes: 3

Authority poisons everybody who takes authority on himself. Votes: 3

Authority poisons everybody who takes authority on himself. Votes: 3

Authority is itself inherently an act of imagination. Votes: 3

Authority is always built on service and sacrifice. Votes: 3

New faces have more authority than accustomed ones. Votes: 3

Authority to heal is given from on high. Votes: 3

Authority is 20% given and 80% taken...so take it! Votes: 3

The faith that stands on authority is not faith. Votes: 3

Authority founded on injustice is never of long duration. Votes: 3

Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people. Votes: 3

The Palestinian Authority gets money from the American taxpayer. Votes: 3

Authority doesn't work without prestige, or prestige without distance. Votes: 3

Authority leads through position. Influence builds others out of relationship. Votes: 3

War and Authority are companions; Peace and Liberty are companions. Votes: 3

Authority, without any condition and reservation, belongs to the nation. Votes: 3

Authority is permission to spew platitudes to people below you. Votes: 3

When Authority is discovered and faith applied, power is manifested Votes: 3

Authority cannot be bought or sold, given or taken away. Votes: 3

Obedience to lawful authority is the foundation of manly character. Votes: 3

It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law. Votes: 3

Authority has always attracted the lowest elements in the human race Votes: 3

It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority. Votes: 3

Authority is the assumption that someone else knows better than you. Votes: 3

Authority that does not exist for Liberty is not authority but force. Votes: 3

Authority is the unmistakeable tone in the voice of a true writer. Votes: 3

Your former Fathers the Spaniards have now no further Authority over you. Votes: 3

Where Example keeps pace with Authority, Power hardly fails to be obey'd. Votes: 3

Authority, power, and wealth do not change a man; they only reveal him Votes: 3

Authority's for sharing only when the sharer is sure of his (or hers). Votes: 3

Influence is not the same as authority. Authority can be abused by influence gives. Votes: 3

The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis. Votes: 3

Authority does not equal competency. Pass decisions down to those who can best handle them. Votes: 3

Authority is God ordained, but authoritarianism and raw power, in almost all forms, is dangerous. Votes: 3

It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong. Votes: 3

Control is the basis of all true power. Authority and strength are matters of perception Votes: 3

The Hamas organization is unwilling to honor the obligations that the Palestinian Authority has signed. Votes: 3

Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish. Votes: 3

Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish. Votes: 3

Authority: The skill of getting people to willingly do your will, because of your personal influence. Votes: 3

The disappearance of a sense of responsibility is the most far-reaching consequence of submission to authority. Votes: 3

Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge -- fitter to bruise than polish. Votes: 3

Authority in science exists to be questioned, since heresy is the spring from which new ideas flow. Votes: 3

Authority and place demonstrate and try the tempers of men, by moving every passion and discovering every frailty. Votes: 3

Authority, when first detecting chaos at its heels, will entertain the vilest schemes to save its orderly facade. Votes: 3

Authority has every reason to fear the skeptic, for authority can rarely survive in the face of doubt. Votes: 3

Authority has every reason to fear the skeptic, for authority can rarely survive in the face of doubt. Votes: 3

The last job I applied for was to be a bus driver for the Chicago Transit Authority in 1957. Votes: 3

Authority pisses me off. I think everyone should be able to drink and get loud whenever they want. Votes: 3

They must find it hard to take Truth for authority who have so long mistaken Authority for Truth. Votes: 3

I do not believe in immortality of the individual, and I consider ethics to be an exclusively human concern with no superhuman authority behind it. Votes: 3

Men in authority will always think that criticism of their policies is dangerous. They will always equate their policies with patriotism, and find criticism subversive. Votes: 3

To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough to make me ambitious. Votes: 3

I am certainly not an authority on love because there are no authorities on love, just those who've had luck with it and those who haven't. Votes: 3

I was a journeyman chef of middling abilities. Whatever authority I have as a commenter on this world comes from the sheer weight of 28 years in the business. I kicked around for 28 years and came out the other end alive and able to form a sentence. Votes: 3

Freedom is the recognition that no single person, no single authority or government has a monopoly on the truth, but that every individual life is infinitely precious, that every one of us put in this world has been put there for a reason and has something to offer. Votes: 3

When you make your peace with authority, you become authority. Votes: 1

Without the intervention of the civil authority what would our percepts become?- Platonic laws Votes: 1

Any commander who fails to exceed his authority is not of much use to his subordinates. Votes: 1

The problem is authority. But these Vatican officials seem unable to understand authority except as authoritarianism Votes: 1

The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn. Votes: 1

Moral authority comes from following universal and timeless principles like honesty, integrity, treating people with respect. Votes: 1

The being cannot be termed rational or virtuous, who obeys any authority, but that of reason. Votes: 1

Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority. Votes: 1

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimely interchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much Votes: 1

We have one authority and one law and everyone has the responsibility to follow that law and that authority. Votes: 1

No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority. Votes: 1

I think I'm a natural-born leader. I know how to bow down to authority if it's authority that I respect. Votes: 1

When we consistently suppress and distrust our intuitive knowingness, looking instead for authority, validation, and approval from others, we give our personal power away. Votes: 1

The single most important thing that anyone can do in this world is to marry the right person, in the right place, with the right authority Votes: 1

It is a great matter to be in authority over others; for authority, if it be rightly used, will make you feared beyond your actual resources. Votes: 1

The state produced in the laboratory may be likened to a light doze, compared to the profound slumber induced by the preponent authority system of a national government Votes: 1

I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led, and bearding every authority which stood in their way. Votes: 1

I have taken this step because I want the discipline, the fire and the authority of the Church. I am hopelessly unworthy of it, but I hope to become worthy Votes: 1

My speaking style was criticised by no less an authority than Arnold Schwarzenegger. It was a low moment, my friends, to have my rhetorical skills denounced by a monosyllabic Austrian cyborg. Votes: 1

The accidental prescriptions of authority, when time has procured them veneration, are often confounded with the laws of nature, and those rules are supposed coeval with reason, of which the first rise cannot be discovered Votes: 1

Universal suffrage should rest upon universal education. To this end, liberal and permanent provision should be made for the support of free schools by the State governments, and, if need be, supplemented by legitimate aid from national authority. Votes: 1

The individual makes a clear effort to define moral values and principles that have validity and application apart from the authority of the groups of persons holding them and apart from the individual's own identification with the group. Votes: 1

Instead of being critical of people in authority over you and envious of their position, be happy you're not responsible for everything they have to do. Instead of piling on complaints, thank them for what they do. Overwhelm them with encouragement and appreciation! Votes: 1

Come you masters of war You that build all the guns You that build the death planes You that build the big bombs You that hide behind walls You that hide behind desks I just want you to know I can see through your masks Votes: 1

The key to the behavior of subjects lies not in pent-up anger or aggression, but in the nature of their relationship to authority. They have given themselves to the authority; they see themselves as instruments for the execution of his wishes once so defined, they are unable to break free Votes: 1

I think there ought to be a strict separation or wall built between our religious faith and our practice of political authority in office. I don't think the President of the United States should extoll Christianity if he happens to be a Christian at the expense of Judaism, Islam or other faiths. Votes: 1

Receiving the authority of the priesthood by the laying on of hands is an important beginning, but it is not enough. Ordination confers authority, but righteousness is required to act with power as we strive to lift souls, to teach and testify, to bless and counsel, and to advance the work of salvation. Votes: 1

No controlling legal authority Votes: 0

Always question the authority. Votes: 0

I cannot stand authority. Votes: 0

The People adore authority. Votes: 0

Respect authority while questioning it. Votes: 0

I really rebel against authority. Votes: 0

Art made tongue-tied by authority. Votes: 0

Mouths talk without authority sometimes ... Votes: 0

Power without authority is tyranny. Votes: 0

Our submission defines our authority Votes: 0

Experience is the highest authority. Votes: 0

Bullies thrive wherever authority is weak Votes: 0

Tradition implies authority, conformity, imitation, following. Votes: 0

Self-possession is the backbone of authority. Votes: 0

There is no authority but yourself. Votes: 0

Obedience to authority saves many skins Votes: 0

I've always had trouble with authority. Votes: 0

All authority belongs to the people. Votes: 0

All authority comes from the people. Votes: 0

The wisest have the most authority. Votes: 0

Nothing overshadows truth so much as authority. Votes: 0

Question authority; but, raise your hand first. Votes: 0

The punishing of wits enhances their authority. Votes: 0

Truth for authority, not authority for truth. Votes: 0

It (Lewinskygate) has...compromised his moral authority Votes: 0

Experience is, for me, the highest authority. Votes: 0

The highest duty is to respect authority. Votes: 0

Physical violence is the basis of authority. Votes: 0

I fight authority and authority always wins. Votes: 0

I've never been any good with authority. Votes: 0

Mere precedent is a dangerous source of authority. Votes: 0

Power people are generally threatened by authority people... Votes: 0

Historically, America has answered to a higher authority. Votes: 0

The ultimate authority ... resides in the people alone. Votes: 0

But my patience isn't limitless... unlike my authority. Votes: 0

To permit irresponsible authority is to sell disaster. Votes: 0

Creation implies authority in the sense of originator. Votes: 0

In revolutions authority remains with the greatest scoundrels. Votes: 0

If you delegate authority, you will build leaders. Votes: 0

In revolutions authority remains with the greatest scoundrels. Votes: 0

No moral system can rest solely on authority. Votes: 0

Laws that oppress people have no moral authority Votes: 0

I have no intention of sharing my authority. Votes: 0

Where there is authority, there is no freedom. Votes: 0

Great leaders gain authority by giving it away. Votes: 0

Fish are not the best authority on water. Votes: 0

Men in authority are now a threatened minority. Votes: 0

Custom and authority are no sure evidence of truth. Votes: 0

I believe in the magic and authority of words. Votes: 0

The anger of those in authority is always weighty. Votes: 0

Think for yourself. Know what you're doing. Question authority. Votes: 0

As your organizational authority increases, your organizational IQ decreases. Votes: 0

Being an English major prepares you for impersonating authority. Votes: 0

The key to successful leadership is influence, not authority. Votes: 0

And revolutions always mean the breakdown of old authority. Votes: 0

A teacher should have maximal authority, and minimal power. Votes: 0

Answers given with authority negate the search for truth. Votes: 0

Rigorous authority and justice are the kindness of kings. Votes: 0

Reasonable argument is impossible when authority becomes the arbiter. Votes: 0

Nobody wants a unitary voice of authority any more. Votes: 0

You can delegate authority, but you cannot delegate responsibility. Votes: 0

Management has authority only as long as it performs. Votes: 0

The man whose authority is recent is always stern. Votes: 0

By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority. Votes: 0

The press . . . traditionally sides with authority and the establishment. Votes: 0

The past has always been the handmaid of authority. Votes: 0

Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority. Votes: 0

The boss depends on authority; the leader on goodwill. Votes: 0

There is no moral authority like that of sacrifice. Votes: 0

"True expertise is the most potent form of authority." Votes: 0

Challenge authority; the authority of your own rational convictions. Votes: 0

Distrust of authority should be the first civic duty. Votes: 0

We have disciplinary authority and will use it when appropriate. Votes: 0

Relatively few people have the resources needed to resist authority. Votes: 0

Every legitimate authority should respect its extent and its limits. Votes: 0

Progress in thought is the assertion of individualism against authority. Votes: 0

His voice carried authority the way Ben & Jerry's carries calories. Votes: 0

When we oppose God's delegated authority, we oppose God Himself. Votes: 0

Defiance, not obedience, is the American's answer to overbearing authority. Votes: 0

Example acquires tenfold authority when it speaks from the grave. Votes: 0

Whoever in debate quotes authority uses not intellect, but memory. Votes: 0

Wearing a hat confers undeniable authority over those without one. Votes: 0

Nothing should be considered outside the scope of God's authority. Votes: 0

Your job gives you authority. Your behavior gives you respect Votes: 0

I do situations and make fun of authority and life. Votes: 0

Any acceptance of authority is the very denial of truth. Votes: 0

To resist him that is set in authority is evil Votes: 0

God is the King. In him exists all legal authority Votes: 0

Blind belief in authority is the greatest enemy of truth. Votes: 0

No man has any natural authority over his fellow men. Votes: 0

Freedom of conscience entails more dangers than authority and despotism. Votes: 0

All lawful authority, legislative, and executive, originates from the people. Votes: 0

God is the King. In him exists all legal authority. Votes: 0

You have authority over every storm you can sleep in Votes: 0

An evil nature wielding great authority brings misfortune upon the community. Votes: 0

I cannot find any authority in the Constitution for public charity. Votes: 0

There are very few critics who have historical context or authority. Votes: 0

I write because I have authority from life to do so. Votes: 0

Authentic spiritual authority is what puts you in touch with reality. Votes: 0

Of course the UN brings in a lot of moral authority. Votes: 0

God only promises to bless the nation that recognizes His authority. Votes: 0

The authority of God is behind the establishing of human authority. Votes: 0

Some people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own. Votes: 0

In other words, the Church acknowledges Science as the higher authority. Votes: 0

Where the people possess no authority, their rights obtain no respect. Votes: 0

I created no authority that wasn't already there under the constitution. Votes: 0

The insolence of authority is endeavoring to substitute money for ideas. Votes: 0

For mysterious things of faith, rely on the proponent, Heaven's authority. Votes: 0

Political correctness is euphemism for "fear to speak truth to authority Votes: 0

There is no authority who decides what is a good idea. Votes: 0

Nor bigots who but one way see, through blinkers of authority. Votes: 0

People are always casting me for what they call my 'authority. Votes: 0

The ultimate court of appeal is observation and experiment... not authority. Votes: 0

In order to be respected, authority has got to be respectable. Votes: 0

The president has the authority to end this dragnet surveillance immediately Votes: 0

Whenever there is authority, there is a natural inclination to disobedience. Votes: 0

I believe in a lively disrespect for most forms of authority. Votes: 0

Just make sure your children hate authority and they'll do fine. Votes: 0

I'm a serial deconstructor of my own authority in certain areas. Votes: 0

You cannot undermine police authority and then complain about rising crime. Votes: 0

Even while lying, you'll be believed if you speak with authority. Votes: 0

Hungry men have no respect for law, authority or human life. Votes: 0

Liberalism downplays certain of our moral senses: loyalty, authority, and sanctity. Votes: 0

People are so afraid of authority figures and doctors are authority figures. Votes: 0

Crime in full glory consolidates authority by the sacred fear it inspires. Votes: 0

Surround yourself with great people; delegate authority; get out of the way Votes: 0

True leaders respect and honor authority but are comfortable in its presence. Votes: 0

The first movement ballerina should be a paradigm of strength and authority. Votes: 0

The authority of any governing institution must stop at its citizen's skin. Votes: 0

Destiny: A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure. Votes: 0

I've always respected the authority figures in my life, including my coaches. Votes: 0

Peace comes in situations completely surrendered to the sovereign authority of Christ. Votes: 0

I don't like authority, at least I don't like other people's authority. Votes: 0

My only purpose is to teach children to rebel against authority figures. Votes: 0

A leading authority is anyone who has guessed right more than once. Votes: 0

My relationship to power and authority is that I'm all for it. Votes: 0

You don't give God authority over your life. He has it, totally. Votes: 0

Peace is not the absence of conflict it is authority over chaos. Votes: 0

We should still pray. We have no other authority but to pray. Votes: 0

You become mature when you become the authority of your own life. Votes: 0

My ultimate authority is the divine voice in my own soul. Period. Votes: 0

Guilt was the grease in which the wheels of the authority turned. Votes: 0

I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge. Votes: 0

Whoever is a complete person does not need to be an authority. Votes: 0

I don't feel I can speak with authority for many other people. Votes: 0

If there is disturbance in the camp, the general's authority is weak. Votes: 0

I have never listened to authority. It is not in my DNA. Votes: 0

Disobedience to authority is one of the most natural and healthy acts. Votes: 0

The foundation of authority is based upon the consent of the people. Votes: 0

One of the great commandments of science is: 'Mistrust arguments from authority.' Votes: 0

The alternative to doubt is authority, against which science had fought for centuries. Votes: 0

The authority to declare war rests in Congress, not in an out-of-control president. Votes: 0

The first foundation for the creation of authority is always provided by popularity. Votes: 0

The express authority of the people alone could give validity to the Constitution. Votes: 0

All my authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Votes: 0

All my authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Votes: 0

You don't gain authority by raising your voice. You prove you don't any. Votes: 0

Cameras in classrooms are no substitute for greater authority by parents and teachers. Votes: 0

Unbelief is like gravity, it's always pulling down on the authority of Scripture. Votes: 0

Lawful and settled authority is very seldom resisted when it is well employed. Votes: 0

Scientists and scholars should constitute themselves as an international NGO of exceptional authority. Votes: 0

Every time you change your orders without obvious reason, you weaken your authority. Votes: 0

A fair woman shall not only command without authority but persuade without speaking. Votes: 0

The greater hardship you endure, the greater the authority God entrusts to you. Votes: 0

People, unless they're paying attention, tend to confuse fanciness with intelligence or authority. Votes: 0

The price of maintaining membership in the establishment is unquestioning acceptance of authority. Votes: 0

I wouldn't want to be anyone to usurp the authority of the WWE. Votes: 0

The answer is to say 'No!' to authority when authority is wrong. Votes: 0

Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority. Votes: 0

I'm not wild about accepting responsibility without authority. Why should my people be? Votes: 0

Where riches hold the dominion of the heart, God has lost His authority. Votes: 0

Whatever authority I may have rests solely on knowing how little I know. Votes: 0

Almost all the opinions we have are taken on authority and on credit. Votes: 0

Everywhere, authority and tradition have to justify themselves in the face of questions. Votes: 0

No morality can be founded on authority, even if the authority were divine. Votes: 0

We have to hate our immediate predecessors to get free of their authority. Votes: 0

Individuals who attempt to please and individuals who become angry both have authority issues. Votes: 0

I'm disrespectful towards authority. I think the prime minister of Ireland is a gobshite Votes: 0

No Government has the moral authority to dismantle the universally understood meaning of marriage. Votes: 0

[Satan] has been thoroughly defeated and only holds people by usurped authority and power. Votes: 0

Modesty is that feeling by which honorable shame acquires a valuable and lasting authority. Votes: 0

The burnt odor in Washington is from the disintegrating authority of the governing classes. Votes: 0

Few things are more laughably pitiable than authority once it has been successfully defied. Votes: 0

A key ingredient in innovation is the ability to challenge authority and break rules. Votes: 0

When you delegate tasks, you create followers. When you delegate authority, you create leaders. Votes: 0

Obedience to public authority ought not to be based either on ignorance or stupidity. Votes: 0

The infantile cowardice of our time which demands an external pattern, a nonhuman authority. Votes: 0

The reason America is in its death-throes is because America has lost moral authority. Votes: 0

We've gone all the way from foolishly accepting authority to foolishly rejecting all authority. Votes: 0

The proper balance between individual liberty and central authority is a very ancient problem. Votes: 0

The reliance on authority measures the decline of religion, the withdrawal of the soul. Votes: 0

Only Congress has the authority to adequately and holistically address our broken immigration system. Votes: 0

I have a strong disrespect for authority and for rules. Including gravity. Gravity sucks. Votes: 0

what you hear in my voice is fury, not suffering. Anger, not moral authority Votes: 0

To punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority myself. Votes: 0

If there's anything mean in a feller, a litter authority will bring it out. Votes: 0

The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government... Votes: 0

I make no claim to be an authority on writing or illustrating for children. Votes: 0

The exercise of authority over the same area by two States is a contradiction. Votes: 0

When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.] Votes: 0

A simple man with Scripture has more authority than the Pope or a council. Votes: 0

Questioning authority doesn't make you resistant; who should follow blindly without knowing the destination Votes: 0

Truth can never be reached by just listening to the voice of an authority. Votes: 0

Modern intelligence won't accept anything on authority. But it will accept anything without authority. Votes: 0

When we pray in the name of Jesus, we carry the authority of heaven. Votes: 0

Conformity"”the natural instinct to passively yield to that vague something recognized as authority. Votes: 0

We work for peace every time we exercise authority with wisdom and authentic love. Votes: 0

Free discussion requires an atmosphere unembarrassed by any suggestion of authority or even respect. Votes: 0

I'm a fan or naysayer like everyone else, not an authority of any kind. Votes: 0

You don't gain authority by raising your voice. You prove you don't have any. Votes: 0

The authority of Scripture is greater than the comprehension of the whole of man's reason. Votes: 0

Existing libraries, in their very being, seem to question the authority of those in power. Votes: 0

The passion for truth is silenced by answers which have the weight of undisputed authority. Votes: 0

There's definitely a fascination with crime stories and stories of characters acting out against authority. Votes: 0

Limitation is essential to authority. A government is legitimate only if it is effectively limited. Votes: 0

Yusuf Qaradawi is probably the most well-known legal authority in the whole Muslim world today. Votes: 0

My father represented authority, which meant—to me—that he could not also represent understanding. Votes: 0

Successful argument is a communication between the acknowledged authority of both parties to the argument. Votes: 0

Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority. Votes: 0

Without the intervention of the civil authority what would our percepts become?- Platonic laws. Votes: 0

What you need is sustained outrage...there's far too much unthinking respect given to authority. Votes: 0

The man fitted for affairs and authority never considers individuals, but things and their consequences. Votes: 0

Celebrity distorts democracy by giving the rich, beautiful, and famous more authority than they deserve. Votes: 0

For self-realization, a rebel demands a strong authority, a worthy opponent, God to his Lucifer. Votes: 0

A Western upbringing tends to stress questioning authority, which is always asking why, why, why. Votes: 0

It is a lifelong choice to deliberately and habitually bring ourselves under God’s authority. Votes: 0

In theology we must consider the predominance of authority; in philosophy the predominance of reason. Votes: 0

Anyone who in discussion relies upon authority uses, not his understanding, but rather his memory. Votes: 0

Regardless of your race, religion or political affiliation, never hesitate to question those in authority. Votes: 0

You come back from war, and you have a certain authority to talk about war. Votes: 0

Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak. Votes: 0

As Cuba's leader, Castro answered to no one and allowed no challenge to his authority. Votes: 0

Wherever there is a man who exercises authority, there is a man who resists authority. Votes: 0

I think most Americans have an innate respect for the police and for their authority. Votes: 0

My desire to devolve authority has nothing to do with a wish to shirk responsibility. Votes: 0

Who will venture to place the authority of Copernicus above that of the Holy Spirit? Votes: 0

The sovereign power of all civil authority is founded in the consent of the people. Votes: 0

There's no better way to become a disintegrated character than to be your own authority. Votes: 0

I can't speak with authority about Emeka Anyaoku. I just didn't know him that well. Votes: 0

As writers we must, from our very opening sentence, speak with authority to our readers. Votes: 0

A revolution is an act of violence whereby one class shatters the authority of another. Votes: 0

Messy love is better than none, I guess. I am no authority on sane living. Votes: 0

The Son of Man has authority over whatever has you paralyzed. Get up and walk. Votes: 0

Show me the man who keeps his house in hand, He's fit for public authority. Votes: 0

God speaks with authority on every subject including marriage and His advice trumps Oprah's every time. Votes: 0

I have never changed my message. I preach the Bible, and I preach it with authority. Votes: 0

But in our age the appeal to authority is weak, and I am of my age. Votes: 0

You have the freedom, ability and authority to love your life. Just be you, then wait. Votes: 0

Being yielded to God's authority keeps us pliable and open-minded to a possible change of plans. Votes: 0

Everyone in a position of authority is hysterical, and everyone else is pretending to be asleep. Votes: 0

Most people are fools, most authority is malignant, God does not exist, and everything is wrong. Votes: 0

We [americans] have earned the moral authority, at least compared to anybody else in the world... Votes: 0

...bow to genius, but to the authority of that genius - not the display of talent... Votes: 0

Though authority be a stubborn bear, yet he is oft let by the nose with gold. Votes: 0

I call religion a natural authority, but it has usually been conceived as a supernatural authority. Votes: 0

Perhaps nothing in our society is more needed for those in positions of authority than accountability. Votes: 0

Those who enjoy responsibility usually get it; those who merely like exercising authority usually lose it. Votes: 0

Put away the book, the description, the tradition, the authority, and take the journey of self-discovery. Votes: 0

At home in Ireland, there's a habit of avoidance, an ironical attitude towards the authority figure. Votes: 0

System fails when people with ability don't have authority and people with authority don't have ability. Votes: 0

The weaker the man in authority... the stronger his insistence that all his privileges be acknowledged. Votes: 0

The people are hungry: It is because those in authority eat up too much in taxes. Votes: 0

The strongest bulwark of authority is uniformity; the least divergence from it is the greatest crime. Votes: 0

I'm not a food critic, and I'm not really an authority to write anything on food. Votes: 0

If you're going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use both feet. Votes: 0

If you're going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use two feet. Votes: 0

[Partly as a consequence of male authority] prestige value always attaches to the activities of men. Votes: 0

The people are hungry: It is because those in authority eat up too much in taxes. Votes: 0

My pride had been starched by a family who assumed unlimited authority in its own affairs. Votes: 0

We do not sit in authority over the Scripture, the Scripture sits in authority over us. Votes: 0

You can never give complete authority and overall power to anyone until trust can be proven. Votes: 0

Lawyer acted without authority from our band. He had no right to sell the Wallowa country. Votes: 0

Our rulers can have authority over such natural rights only as we have submitted to them. Votes: 0

A foolish man in wealth and authority is like a weak-timbered house with a too-ponderous roof. Votes: 0

I am a strong believer in the tyranny, the dictatorship, the absolute authority of the writer. Votes: 0

The saving ordinance of baptism must be administered by one who has proper authority from God. Votes: 0

Mayors do not have that authority to pick and choose what laws they're going to enforce. Votes: 0

There is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally bad. Votes: 0

You have authority in your mouth, hence don't need to be afraid; but rather positively affirm! Votes: 0

I don't have any authority over Linux other than this notion that I know what I'm doing. Votes: 0

I'll be on my third honeymoon, so I'm more of an authority than I care to be. Votes: 0

If you have no authority to legislate my freedoms, then I'm truly free, at least from you. Votes: 0

It is not enough these days to simply QUESTION AUTHORITY. You have to speak with it, too. Votes: 0

All progress in knowledge takes place through the correction of that which has been received on authority. Votes: 0

In spite of the fact that at times I would challenge parents authority. They provided unconditional love. Votes: 0

There is a crisis of religious authority world wide, and there are many reasons. One is colonialism. Votes: 0

Giving people like Dodd and Frank more authority is like rewarding an arsonist with gasoline and matches. Votes: 0

Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts. Votes: 0

Listen to authority figures because of their position, but only believe them if they can explain why. Votes: 0

It was strange, how readily authority could be conjured with nothing but a bit of strutting jackassery. Votes: 0

A just government maintains a healthy tension between the claims of authority and the claims of liberty. Votes: 0

It is no bad thing to be a king-to see one's house enriched and one's authority enhanced. Votes: 0

I think that's the most important job of a novelist - to bring authority to their writing. Votes: 0

There is great joy in leading with authority, which is serving others by meeting their legitimate needs. Votes: 0

Justice has taken its course and the authority and legitimacy of the legal process must be respected. Votes: 0

My disposition as a human being is kind of a go-along-to-get-along person. I tend to trust authority. Votes: 0

I don't want to paint rainbows: I want to make art that disturbs identity and challenges authority. Votes: 0

The authority of example and considerations of character, unlike pudding, are not whipped up in an instant. Votes: 0

I think thats the most important job of a novelist - to bring authority to their writing. Votes: 0

The Nobel Prize confers on an individual an authority which in economics no man ought to possess. Votes: 0

One who lays claim to special privilege through the priesthood doesn't understand the nature of his authority. Votes: 0

The executive art is nine-tenths inducing those who have authority to use it in taking pertinent action Votes: 0

In the opinion of the anarchist, the sum total of human ills is expressed in one word-authority. Votes: 0

In my day, the president ruled with authority before the law, but now all that is lost. Votes: 0

In general, women desire to rule over their husbands and lovers, to be the authority above them. Votes: 0

Anyone at any age is able to tell the story of his or her life with authority. Votes: 0

For a war to be just three conditions are necessary - public authority, just cause, right motive. Votes: 0

A Coach must never forget that he is a leader and not merely a person with authority. Votes: 0

I have trouble with direction, because I have trouble with authority. I was not a good Marine. Votes: 0

When all authority of every kind is put aside, denied, then you can find out for yourself. Votes: 0

The reason why the simpler sort are moved by authority is the consciousness of their own ignorance Votes: 0

He who in reasoning cites authority is making use of his memory rather than of his intellect. Votes: 0

My parents are both college professors, and it made me want to question authority, standards and traditions. Votes: 0

Death is the sanction of everything the story-teller can tell. He has borrowed his authority from death. Votes: 0

It is my fate to be considered an authority, since I spent my youth rebelling against it. Votes: 0

Have no respect for the authority of others, for there are always contrary authorities to be found Votes: 0

When anyone becomes an authority, that is the end of him as far as development is concerned. Votes: 0

The greatest enemy of authority, therefore, is contempt, and the surest way to undermine it is laughter. Votes: 0

Great is the power, great is the authority of a senate that is unanimous in its opinions. Votes: 0

In mathematics we do not appeal to authority, but rather you are responsible for what you believe. Votes: 0

It is right to submit to a higher authority whenever a command of God would be violated. Votes: 0

I've always had a problem with authority. I just can't wear a suit - it would kill me. Votes: 0

Anyone who takes responsibility for getting something done is welcome to ask for the authority to do it. Votes: 0

My problem has always been with authority, and I'm sure if anybody understands that, it's people in uniform. Votes: 0

One of the important lessons I learned from my parents is always to respect authority figures like teachers. Votes: 0

One of the fundamental causes of the disintegration of society is copying, which is the worship of authority. Votes: 0

The United States recognizes the provisional government as the de facto authority of the new State of Israel. Votes: 0

A consultation process is what some authority sets in motion preparatory to doing what it intended all along. Votes: 0

There's a lot of ignorance in our business... Everybody's an authority. To have your own vision is rewarding. Votes: 0

I bow before the authority of special men because it is imposed upon me by my own reason. Votes: 0

This imperiousness which aids us in all things is merely a fitting authority which comes from superior spirit. Votes: 0

What gives the Word of God authority is simply the fact that it is the word of God! Votes: 0

Science as such assuredly has no authority, for she can only say what is, not what is not. Votes: 0

I had to delegate authority to the people on my staff. That means you shave away the hierarchy. Votes: 0

Only God can provide us with an eternal perspective and speak to us with absolute and final authority. Votes: 0

The custom of the Church has very great authority and ought to be jealously observed in all things. Votes: 0

The union of the family lies in love; and love is the only reconciliation of authority and liberty. Votes: 0

We know, on the authority of Moses, that longer than six thousand years the world did not exist. Votes: 0

[It] is the interest as well as duty of a sovereign to maintain the authority of the laws. Votes: 0

All authority must be out of a man's self, turned . . . either upon an art, or upon a man. Votes: 0

No art can conquer the people alone-the people are conquered by an ideal of life upheld by authority. Votes: 0

I get involved if a problem comes up after the death has been investigated by the local authority. Votes: 0

It is of the nature of war to increase the executive at the expense of the legislative authority. Votes: 0

Zero Mostel wasn't afraid of authority in any form, and that's the part that influenced me the most. Votes: 0

Obedience is an emblem of our faith in the wisdom and power of the highest authority, even God. Votes: 0

As a result of my study, I came to the conclusion that a common supreme authority was undesirable. Votes: 0

Every sin is an act of cosmic treason, a futile attempt to dethrone God in His sovereign authority. Votes: 0

I wasn't good with authority, went to lots of schools, didn't like the fact that there was no autonomy. Votes: 0

Power on the one side, fear on the other, are always the buttresses on which irrational authority is built. Votes: 0

If it is not profitable for the common good that authority should be retained, it ought to be relinquished. Votes: 0

The less people know about what is really going on, the easier it is to wield power and authority. Votes: 0

Can those entrusted with the gravest authority set any example save that of the sternest obedience to the law? Votes: 0

Rights' are granted; 'duties' are enforced. To speak of rights and duties is to think in terms of authority. Votes: 0

The truth is, if we don't learn to submit to authority, we won't ever learn to submit to God. Votes: 0

My culture and my language have the right to exist, and no one has the authority to dismiss that. Votes: 0

First, we parents have to back up school authority and quit making excuses for our kids when they misbehave. Votes: 0

Submission is not about authority and it is not obedience; it is all about relationships of love and respect. Votes: 0

There is no enemy that respect and love will not conquer. The moral authority for survival comes from respect. Votes: 0

I have been advised by the best medical authority, at my age, not to attempt to give up alcohol. Votes: 0

'Rights' are granted; 'duties' are enforced. To speak of rights and duties is to think in terms of authority. Votes: 0

I know of few men over 50 that seem to me entirely human, virtually none who has long exercised authority. Votes: 0

Submission is not about authority and it is not obedience; it is all about relationships of love and respect. Votes: 0

I must lay down the law as I understand it, and as I read it in books of authority. Votes: 0

There must be an authority, and we believe that the most qualified authority in a household is the man's. Votes: 0

The laws of nature are the laws of God, whose authority can be superseded by no power on earth. Votes: 0

The dead and past stories that I have told again in divers fashions, are not set down without authority. Votes: 0

If you're not confident in the authority of the Scriptures, you will be a slave to what sounds right. Votes: 0

Until we stand in a place where we have met God, we have no authority to change a Nation Votes: 0

We have to give value to authority. We have to give value to office, being in office, holding office. Votes: 0

At a distance, we cannot conceive of the authority of a despot who knows all his subjects on sight. Votes: 0

The pressure to conform to an authority figure or peer group can cause people to behave in shocking ways. Votes: 0

One thing is clear - demons know they must submit to the superior authority in the name of Jesus Christ! Votes: 0

The only authority I respect is the one that causes butterflies to fly south in fall and north in springtime. Votes: 0

Do I think it's OK to fight authority as long as you're only talking about the high school teacher? No. Votes: 0

You can always speak with great authority on how well you played today, but never on how you'll play tomorrow. Votes: 0

From where can your authority and license as a parent come from, when you who are old, do worse things? Votes: 0

College is the only place where you can rebel by doing exactly what people in authority tell you to do. Votes: 0

Security is not a license for people in authority to hide the tactics they would never openly admit to using. Votes: 0

The Liberals have been pressing for the brief on the basis of which he said there was authority for war. Votes: 0

I want to always be viewed by my readers as a friend and not as an authority or an expert. Votes: 0

I didn't have any concept of age or authority. I remember realising, Oh, the world has rules and we don't. Votes: 0

It won't be a question of how well-trained or well-equipped the army is but one of the authority it serves. Votes: 0

I like writing flawed women, and being one, its something I feel I can write with some veracity and authority. Votes: 0

To be sure, the vast majority of people who are untrained can accept the results of science only on authority. Votes: 0

The nice thing about citing god as an authority is that you can prove anything you set out to prove. Votes: 0

Remember: you are the only person who thinks in your mind! You are the power and authority in your world. Votes: 0

Do not give up your authority and follow blindly the will of others. This way will lead to only delusion. Votes: 0

True Leadership is the authority given by the trust of the followers to use power for the benefit of all. Votes: 0

Giving orders you know won't be obeyed is one of the best ways I know to destroy your own authority. Votes: 0

The authority of government . . . can have no pure right over my person and property but what I concede to it. Votes: 0

In a nutshell-I fear authority but at the same time I resent it-the authority and my own fear. So I rebel. Votes: 0

I believe that all human beings are equal. I believe that no one has the right to authority over anyone else. Votes: 0

Even the most honest human in authority often does not have the power to undo the damages that bad people do. Votes: 0

In the eyes of authority - and maybe rightly so - nothing looks more like a terrorist than the ordinary man. Votes: 0

I would not believe in the Gospel if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do so. Votes: 0

As soon as we abandon our reason and are content to rely on authority, there is no end to our troubles. Votes: 0

You need those people to also have power and authority, and in a way that has been the story of my career. Votes: 0

It is so human a book that I don't see how belief in its divine authority can survive the reading of it. Votes: 0