Authority Quotes · Page 30

What we need is a government with authority but without authoritarianism.

— Jair Bolsonaro

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

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

This is the darkest hour before dawn and we should never underestimate monetary authorities' ability to deal with the adversity.

— Gideon Gono

Whatever increases the strength and authority of your body over your mind, that is sin to you, however, innocent it may be…

— Robert Southey

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

— Seth

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

— Johnny Hunt

We should understand the source of our authority and something of the keys that control its power.

— Russell M. Nelson

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

— T. B. Joshua

Inevitably in my career of 35 years, I was in one turnaround circumstance after another, and I was personally put in positions…

— Kevin Allen

Walesa was a national hero, a true icon. The vast majority of Poles didn't believe a word the authorities said. They took…

— Slawomir Cenckiewicz

“She taught me to challenge authority and question the system. The only way it backfired on her was that I constantly challenged…

— Trevor Noah

I've been reading this little book. It's called the Russian constitution. And it says that the only source of power in Russia…

— Alexei Navalny

Commander, I always used to consider that you had a definite anti-authoritarian streak in you.” “Sir?” “It seems that you have managed…

— Terry Pratchett

I have said consistently in my 16-and-a-half years in the parliament, I have always supported the party room's decision and the party…

— Nick Minchin

The teacher, like the artist, the philosopher, and the man of letters, can only perform his work adequately if he feels himself…

— Bertrand Russell

I look at my young students, and I no longer have the sense that, oh, I'm the authority and they have to…

— Shirley Geok-lin Lim

“ She discovered in a series of beautifully executed researches the fundamental distinction between carbons that turned on heating into graphite and…

— J.D. Bernal

The Catholic Church holds that it is not admissible to ordain women to the priesthood, for very fundamental reasons. These reasons include:…

— Pope Paul VI

To be a son or daughter of God also means you are royalty. This is the greatest of privileges, but it is…

— Heidi Baker

I distrust summaries, any kind of gliding through time, any too great a claim that one is in control of what one…

— Harold Brodkey

When all mental activity around who you think you are or what you need for happiness is stopped, there is a crack…

— Gangaji

Whereas, the Senate of the United States, devoutly recognizing the Supreme Authority and just Government of Almighty God, in all the affairs…

— Abraham Lincoln

I have no doubt that if an actual ticking bomb situation were to arise, our law enforcement authorities would torture. The real…

— Alan Dershowitz

The statesman who should attempt to direct private people in what manner they ought to employ their capitals would not only load…

— Adam Smith

To handle the economy and services in a country like Iraq requires delegation of authority and the choice of competent people.

— Ahmed Chalabi

My favorite job is Petro Poroshenko. I am happy with the authority and high status this gives me!

— Petro Poroshenko

Whenever we accept an idea as authority instead of as instrument, an idol is set up. We worship the plough, and not…

— Walter Lippmann

We too often bind ourselves by authorities rather than by the truth.

— Lucretia Mott

The authorities should stipulate what issues people can protest over and on what issues it is not allowed.

— Jackie Chan

I will say this in the clearest way possible: A strong Palestinian Authority is in the best security interests of Israel.

— Yoav Gallant

The movie business is very much like that: people in authority making purely emotional decisions instead of interesting rational ones.

— Bill Forsyth

The expert is a midwife. The expert is not someone who has the authority to pronounce the last word on the subject.

— Philip Kitcher

Moral authority is never retained by any attempt to hold on to it. It comes without seeking and is retained without effort.

— Mahatma Gandhi

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

— Martin Luther

“A lord who does not distribute wealth is a lord who will lose the allegiance of his men,”

— Bernard Cornwell

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

— Seamus Heaney

guess they forgot to program us with any respect for authority." "well, I have a highly developed sense of irony.

— James Patterson

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

— James Dobson

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

— William Penn

All I'm being offered now are parts that are authority figures. I've done that. And that's not what I want. I want…

— Yaphet Kotto