Besides, nobody trusts the authorities these days, not…

We will defend ourselves, and we have full rights to do so. If the authorities try to destroy us, we have the right to…

— Sergei Udaltsov

We operate under the law. Covert action authorities are communicated in a memorandum of notification.

— Cofer Black

Ultimate authority in a global system remains with sovereigns. Governments will not have it any other way: politicians face instant rejection from their electorate…

— Michael Ignatieff

Polling only works in a country without a depressed, frightened populace. Where the public trusts authorities enough to tell them the truth without fear…

— Rick Perlstein

I acknowledge the right of the authorities and the press to satisfy themselves as to whether I am the anthrax mailer. This does not,…

— Steven Hatfill

Trade wars aren't started by countries appealing to respected, independent trade authorities. Rather, trade wars begin when one country decides to violate international trade…

— Ron Wyden

As an independent person, I find it difficult being dependent for everything, for even my food and medicine, to the prison authorities. I have…

— Asif Ali Zardari

No state on earth can afford to allow several authorities to co-exist next to one another.

— Mahmoud Abbas

“The authorities are excellent at amassing facts, though they do not always use them to advantage.”

— Arthur Conan Doyle

“It is well to remember that authorities in the field of science are really opinions, and that such authorities have a wax nose and…

— Fulton J. Sheen

“all [the authorities] did was to guard the distant and invisible interests of distant and invisible masters”

— Franz Kafka

Well, I think In Love and War, which had a wonderful performance by Sandy, Sandra Bullock, who the authorities and, the supposed authorities, in…

— Richard Attenborough

The Icesave matter is complex and it is understandable that the issue has been oversimplified by many. Unfortunately some of the basic facts of…

— Johanna Siguroardottir

The job of the government - and my responsibility - is to help people live healthier lives. The framework is about giving local authorities…

— Andrew Lansley

In Gujarat, we had the world record of largest number of chess games in a single venue - 20,500 - and in Tamil Nadu,…

— Viswanathan Anand