Authority Quotes · Page 33

You're the only authority over your own life, never let anyone decide for you.

— Wandini

My critique of democracy begins and ends with this point. Kids must be educated to disrespect authority or else democracy is a…

— Abbie Hoffman

Referring the matter to a committee' can be a device for diluting authority, diffusing responsibility and delaying decisions.

— Antony Jay

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

— Moshe Katsav

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

— Tom Robbins

Having authority implies accountability. If you reject the blame for failures under your watch, people reject your leadership.

— Rick Warren

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

— Chuck Smith

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

— James Madison

We can look you in the eye and talk to you about life, heart, love rock'n'roll, whatever, but we do not have…

— Billy Corgan

I am an anarch – not because I despise authority, but because I need it. Likewise, I am not a nonbeliever, but…

— Ernst Junger

Ow do you knock out a Denizen?" asked Suzy. "I tried it myself once or twice, but just hitting them never works."…

— Garth Nix

The question remains, as it will always remain, one of ultimate authority. Who are you going to follow in your life? Who…

— Stu Weber

We dream of an India where development is the result of all Chief Ministers, the Prime Minister, state Ministers, Union Ministers working…

— Narendra Modi

I'm sitting here watching Hannah Montana, so I'm not going to annihilate 4.3 million Pakistanis without hearing directly from someone whose authority…

— Andre Braugher

The growing role of enterprise social media, plus the growing budgets and authority of CMOs entrusted with choosing the best platforms, translates…

— Ryan Holmes

You cannot give the vice president the authority to declassify specific information and then turn around and say he can just give…

— Joe Biden

I believe we should follow the text of every law, even (a) law I disagree with, it's one of the real differences…

— Ted Cruz

The historian should be fearless and incorruptible; a man of independence, loving frankness and truth; one who, as the poets says, calls…

— Lucian

The New World Order is a world that has a supernational authority to regulate world commerce and industry; an international organization that…

— Willy Brandt

I think it only makes sense to seek out and identify structures of authority, hierarchy, and domination in every aspect of life,…

— Noam Chomsky

The question is now do you have the authority in the hands of someone that other media is going to cooperate with,…

— Donald Trump

Well, I wanted to be a philosopher, which is the idlest occupation in the world. I wanted to be involved in abstract…

— Will Self

Christ was crucified by the Jews who had wanted a temporal ruler to rescue them from the oppressive Roman authorities. Instead God…

— Paul Weyrich

I remain interested in the potential of art, except I've always been more struck by applied modernism than high modernism. It's partly…

— Liam Gillick

We asked for God's help; and now, in this shining outcome, in this magnificent triumph of good over evil, we should thank…

— George H. W. Bush

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

— Voltaire

“When your family is twice as weird as normal, you have to be twice as polite to authority, because authority hates weird.”

— Rosemary Clement-Moore

Satan is always looking for legal right and authority to torment and attack people. Whatever he has the right to do, the…

— Bob Larson

Civil disobedience is a stimulation for the fighters and a challenge to the opponent, in the present instance, authority.

— Mahatma Gandhi

If you think someone committed a crime, you should turn them in to whomever you perceive authority to be.

— Marcia Gay Harden

(On being in a position of leadership) Even if it's your dog, you've got authority over somebody. Start treating him better.

— Joyce Meyer

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

— Gary Player

The decision makers face each other. No safety screen stands between the issues and the highest authorities.

— George P. Bush

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

— Tavis Smiley

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

— Michel de Montaigne

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

— Tupac Shakur

The court's authority must be clear, and it must not blatantly intervene in the decisions of the legislative and executive branches.

— Ayelet Shaked

I had the greatest respect for the authorities of my day--until I studied things for myself, and came to my own conclusions.

— Sigmund Freud

My counsel advises me that there is no controlling legal authority or case that says there was any violation of law whatsoever.

— Al Gore

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

— John Adams