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
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
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
Our rulers can have authority over such natural rights only as we have submitted to them. — Thomas Jefferson 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
“The practice of assuming authority figures know best what one needs, for example, is a mark of someone whose self-esteem is vulnerable.” — Marsha Sinetar Copy Share Image
Leadership means that a group, large or small, is willing to entrust authority to a person who has shown judgment, wisdom, personal… — Walt Disney Copy Share Image
1963, because of the sense of moral authority that the civil rights movement had, we were able to get people to respond,… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
Since the enactment of the War Powers Act in 1973, which I supported then and support now, Congress has been reluctant to… — Charles B. Rangel Copy Share Image
An established government has an infinite advantage, by that very circumstance of its being established--the bulk of mankind being governed by authority,… — David Hume Copy Share Image
China and the U.S. are two societies with very different attitudes towards opinion and criticism. In China, I am constantly under surveillance.… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
I am sure that if somebody is giving a sum to charity, he or she should be encouraged to do so by… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Religion should be disentangled as much as possible from history and authority and metaphysics, and made to rest honestly on one's fine… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
Every fact of science was once Damned. Every invention was considered impossible. Every discovery was a nervous shock to some orthodoxy. Every… — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
To avoid the necessity of a permanent debt and its inevitable consequences, I have advocated and endeavored to carry into effect the… — Martin Van Buren Copy Share Image
When Christians speak of the authority of Scripture, because Christians believe that this word, even though it's mediated through many different human… — D. A. Carson Copy Share Image
It is because peaceful agitation and passive resistance are effective that I uphold them, and it is because force strengthens tyranny that… — Benjamin Tucker Copy Share Image
Find your true path. It’s so easy to become someone we don’t want to be, without even realizing it’s happening. We are… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The authority of the prince," said Artaxerxes, "must be defended by a military force; that force can only be maintained by taxes;… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
There are still many questions about how law enforcement responded to the shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando.To get some answers,… — Audie Cornish Copy Share Image
“Just remember: other people’s opinions are simply that—other people’s opinions. They are not fact, and they are certainly not “the truth.” It… — Margie Warrell 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
“Fortunately or unfortunately, the greatest authority on matters of life is life itself.” — Raheel Farooq 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
“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
A white man of authority don't ever want to admit to someone of colour they was wrong. — Anthony Ray Hinton 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
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
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
Who will venture to place the authority of Copernicus above that of the Holy Spirit? — John Calvin 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
“Beware. Those with the least amount of authority exercise it the most often.” — Peggy Kopman-Owens Copy Share Image
The man fitted for affairs and authority never considers individuals, but things and their consequences. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
If authorities were well organized, there would not be an Unknown Warrior. — Joseph Joubert Copy Share Image
A fair woman shall not only command without authority but persuade without speaking. — Philip Sidney Copy Share Image
Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority... — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
“Just because you cannot avoid this tool altogether doesn’t mean you have to cede all authority over its role in your mental… — Cal Newport Copy Share Image
