We do not just blindly concede control to authorities; instead we follow the cues provided by our moral communities on how best… — Michael Shermer Copy Share Image
To handle the economy and services in a country like Iraq requires delegation of authority and the choice of competent people. — Ahmed Chalabi Copy Share Image
In truth, there never was any remarkable lawgiver amongst any people who did not resort to divine authority, as otherwise his laws… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
No power but Congress can declare war, but what is the value of this constitutional provision, if the President of his own… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
Writing, Im convinced, should be a subversive activity - frowned on by the authorities - and not one cooed over and praised… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
... liberal intellectualstend to have a classical theory of politics, in which the state has a monopoly of power; hoping thatthose in… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
For me the very important thing was never to forget that they had no right to have me there, that my duty… — Ingrid Betancourt Copy Share Image
Holy Scripture is the highest authority for every believer, the standard of faith and the foundation for reform. — John Wycliffe Copy Share Image
“The names of entities that have the power to constrain us change with time. Convention and authority are replaced by infirmity.” — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
A crook is a crook, and there's something healthy about his frankness in the matter. But any guy who pretends he is… — Al Capone Copy Share Image
In the last camp they all ate grass, until the authorities forbade them to pull it up. They were accustomed to having… — Martha Gellhorn Copy Share Image
I was creating characters early. People didn't beat me up. I scared them. I hated authority. I could also get people to… — John Waters Copy Share Image
To state a lie firmly, categorically and with great authority, undeterred by the fact that all concerned know it to be a… — Stephen Vizinczey Copy Share Image
I speak "with absolute certainty" only so far as my own personal belief is concerned. Those who have not the same warrant… — H. P. Blavatsky Copy Share Image
This is the essence of Kingdom Authority. Fathers can have no authority in the home until they have surrendered to the headship… — Adrian Rogers Copy Share Image
Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak. — Charles de Gaulle Copy Share Image
“It may not be easy, in every possible case, to trace the line of separation between the rights of religion and the… — James Madison Copy Share Image
When I started working in a feminist feminine magazine all my life was about rebelling against male authority, which is authority in… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
Congress's oversight authority is derived from its implied powers in the Constitution, making it an integral part of the American system of… — Dean Phillips Copy Share Image
Cameras in classrooms are no substitute for greater authority by parents and teachers. — Paul Weyrich Copy Share Image
The burnt odor in Washington is from the disintegrating authority of the governing classes. — William Greider Copy Share Image
The American Medical Association says the humane way is to let people starve and thirst to death. If you did that to… — Jack Kevorkian Copy Share Image
There's nothing more demoralizing than a leader who can't clearly articulate why we're doing what we're doing. — James M. Kouzes Copy Share Image
There should be no effort, consciously or otherwise, that will lead to the erosion of institutional credibility and authority. — Pratibha Patil Copy Share Image
I prize the conditions under which I have lived because they have permitted me to choose my opportunities, to inquire into such… — Arthur Keith Copy Share Image
