“Science will always be the source of authority for those who wish to remove God from their thinking.” — Curtis A. Chamberlain Copy Share Image
In their nomination to office they will not appoint to the exercise of authority as to a pitiful job, but as to… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
God created the races. He created different backgrounds and cultures. But He created them all to operate under His authority. — Tony Evans Copy Share Image
No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority. — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Catholic Church reasserts its moral authority on contraception: If God believed in birth control, altar boys would have a uterus. — Dana Gould Copy Share Image
Individuals who attempt to please and individuals who become angry both have authority issues. — Gary Zukav Copy Share Image
Our rulers can have authority over such natural rights only as we have submitted to them. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Freedom is not possible without authority - otherwise it would turn into chaos and authority is not possible without freedom - otherwise… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
Your action defines your authority. Be honest to your action, be honest to your commitment, act with transparency, no one will challenge… — Anil Sinha Copy Share Image
The ultimate authority resides in the people, and that if the federal government got too powerful and overstepped its authority, then the… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Perfect description of trust: To give someone the complete authority to destroy you but at the same time being confident that person… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Anarchy is no guarantee that some people won't kill, injure, kidnap, defraud, or steal from others. Government is a guarantee that some… — Gustave de Molinari Copy Share Image
But in a turbulent environment the change is so widespread that it just routes around any kind of central authority. So it… — Kevin Kelly Copy Share Image
I listen to music all the time. I write while listening to music. And I tell myself that the music nourishes the… — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
If I was not assured by the best authority on earth that the world is to be destroyed by fire, I should… — Lewis Carroll Copy Share Image
There are always those who are willing to surrender local self-government and turn over their affairs to some national authority in exchange… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
Corrupt influence is itself the perennial spring of all prodigality, and of all disorder; it loads us more than millions of debt;… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
After four centuries of Spanish rule, Puerto Rico was ceded to the United States in 1898. Residents were granted U.S. citizenship in… — Pedro Pierluisi Copy Share Image
Do you take me for a sponge, my lord? hamlet: Ay, sir; that soaks up the king's countenance, his rewards, his authorities.… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Nothing of importance is ever achieved without discipline. I feel myself sometimes not wholly in sympathy with some modern educational theorists, because… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The parliamentary principle of vesting legislative power in the decision of the majority rejects the authority of the individual and puts a… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
I have always read that the world, both land and water, was spherical, as the authority and researches of Ptolemy and all… — Christopher Columbus Copy Share Image
The country and the Congress were misled into war. I regret that we were not given the truth; as I said more… — Senator John Kerry Copy Share Image
Not only Southern children - but adults as well - use the preface ma'am or sir when speaking to someone older or… — Tinsley Mortimer Copy Share Image
Justice makes the life of such as are in prosperity, power and authority the life of a god, and injustice turns it… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
As writers we must, from our very opening sentence, speak with authority to our readers. — Michael Cunningham Copy Share Image
We live in a world in which data convey authority. But authority has a way of descending to certitude, and certitude begets… — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
I tend to have this perverse reaction to authority and stress: I become more confident and clear when a challenge is enormous. — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
A white man of authority don't ever want to admit to someone of colour they was wrong. — Anthony Ray Hinton Copy Share Image
“Fortunately or unfortunately, the greatest authority on matters of life is life itself.” — Raheel Farooq Copy Share Image
“A leader doesn’t need imposed or structural authority. In fact, it may get in the way, if you’re not careful.” — Alex Harms Copy Share Image
I was good at embarrassing authority. It was fun. There's a fearlessness that goes along with being a kid. — Tara Stiles Copy Share Image
Who will venture to place the authority of Copernicus above that of the Holy Spirit? — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Like the child, the creative writing student is posited as a centre of vulnerable creativity, needful of attention and authority. — Rachel Cusk Copy Share Image
If we can't think for ourselves, if we're unwilling to question authority, then we're just putty in the hands of those in… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
The police represent the authority of the state, the willingness of the state to use violence to assert their will. — Vermin Supreme Copy Share Image
The man fitted for affairs and authority never considers individuals, but things and their consequences. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
“Beware. Those with the least amount of authority exercise it the most often.” — Peggy Kopman-Owens Copy Share Image
The truth is, if we don't learn to submit to authority, we won't ever learn to submit to God. — Joyce Meyer Copy Share Image
