All authority comes from the people.

With authority comes the ability to victimize; with power comes choice

— Kalyani Rajalingham

Blanche is written with a terrible authority, the authority that comes from artistic necessity when the writer is compelled to write by his demon,…

— Paul Bailey

In a culture of technique, we often confuse authority with power, but the two are not the same. Power works from the outside in,…

— Parker J. Palmer

Perhaps religious conscience upsets the designs of those who feel that the highest wisdom and authority comes from government.

— Mitt Romney

I think teenagers at any time are testing to see how far they can go and where authority comes in.

— Emily Meade

Rulers who destroy men's freedom commonly begin by trying to retain its forms. ... They cherish the illusion that they can combine the prerogatives…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

“When your authority comes straight from God, shit always turns ugly.”

— Matthew Stover

No one can depute authority. It comes too much from personal accidents, and too little from reason or law to be handed over to…

— Anthony Trollope

The president and the executive branch are always going to have greater latitude and greater authority when it comes to protecting America because sometimes…

— Barack Obama

“Leadership does not come from being in a position of authority; it comes from exhibiting the qualities of a leader. The ability recognizes these…

— Chris Kennedy

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

— Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable

“You may be a royal, and a monarch, but you know the High Council supplants your authority when it comes to the rings.”

— Tricia Copeland

True gospel authority, the authority to heal and renew things and people, is not finally found in a hierarchical office, a theological argument, a…

— Richard Rohr

Whenever a new president comes in, people that are used to the previous president wonder if he has the same capacity.

— Henry A. Kissinger

Social change comes through people.

— Paul Watson