There was a time where I thought authorities are always…

I do not want to give the state and the authorities the right to ban things on the Internet - no ifs.

— Claire Fox

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

— Mahmoud Abbas

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

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

— Andrew Lansley

“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