It's true that most people find it far more comfortable to trust an authority than to have their faith questioned. — Daniel Ellsberg Copy Share Image
How long would authority ... exist, if not for the willingness of the mass to become soldiers, policemen, jailers, and hangmen. — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
Your former Fathers the Spaniards have now no further Authority over you. — Zebulon Pike Copy Share Image
The nice thing about citing god as an authority is that you can prove anything you set out to prove. — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
People are so afraid of authority figures and doctors are authority figures. — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
Do not give up your authority and follow blindly the will of others. This way will lead to only delusion. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
“Gimme eat, I said,” he ordered loudly in harsh tones that rumbled ominously through the silent tent like claps of distant thunder.” — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
My desire to devolve authority has nothing to do with a wish to shirk responsibility. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“Authority confined in you does not make you a leader. It is the authority created by you that makes you influence people… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
I would like there to be an entity, a person with some authority, to interact with government, with officials, to advocate on… — Andrew Scheer Copy Share Image
“Only a prostitute will trade her valuables for money, so you shouldn't sell your God given ideas and talents for money, because… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
When I give you my heart I do not give you the authority to rule it, abuse it, or use it. I… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
RABBLE, n. In a republic, those who exercise a supreme authority tempered by fraudulent elections. The rabble is like the sacred Simurgh,… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Without authority there is no liberty. Freedom is doomed to destruction at every turn, unless there is a recognized right to freedom.… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
I remember selling my first short story and thinking, Oh my god, I sold something for fifty dollars! That gives me the… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
Do not let either the medical authorities or the politicians mislead you. Find out what the facts are, and make your own… — Linus Pauling Copy Share Image
Think about that: at a time when it was inconceivable to have a woman rabbi or a woman scholar of Christian theology… — Khaled Abou El Fadl Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, catastrophes or scandalous disclosures always have to happen before humanity realises that it is only its own mistakes that have led… — Viktor Schauberger Copy Share Image
David Bruce, I think, is one of the outstanding persons for whom I've ever worked. He had a sense of balance. He… — Hermann Eilts Copy Share Image
Thoughtful men, with hearts craving the truth, have come to seek in the Catholic Church the road which leads with surety to… — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share Image
“The crowd was getting hysterical, so I reached into my back pocket and flippe open my wallet to reveal my badge. "Official… — Robert Kroese Copy Share Image
The gods gave me a father who ruled over me and rid me of any trace of arrogance and showed me that… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“Someone asked me once at a talk why I so stress the positive with my students yet am such an unstinting critic… — Derrick Jensen Copy Share Image
“The authority of government, even such as I am willing to submit to— for I will cheerfully obey those who know and… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
It should go without saying that regular citizens have no authority to arrest or detain anyone. — Michelle Lujan Grisham Copy Share Image
I am convinced that people are open to the Christian message if it is seasoned with authority and proclaimed as God's own… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
At a distance, we cannot conceive of the authority of a despot who knows all his subjects on sight. — Stendhal Copy Share Image
“Knowledge imparts a sense of authority. It will help you stand out and give you an edge over your competition.” — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
If you see someone taking responsibility, give that person authority. If you see someone looking for authority, watch out! — Loren Cunningham Copy Share Image
The Fed has neither the clear statutory authority nor the mandate to anticipate and deal with risks across our entire financial system. — Henry Paulson Copy Share Image
The Authority has the power to turn everyone against me, and they have. — Nikki Bella Copy Share Image
I don't know how we will ever have the moral authority to deal with social welfare if we can't deal with corporate… — Jeb Hensarling Copy Share Image
We have to hate our immediate predecessors to get free of their authority. — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
“if the belief or practice is ancient, foreign, and preferably Eastern, it has immediate authority and wisdom.” — Karen Stollznow Copy Share Image
Liberalism downplays certain of our moral senses: loyalty, authority, and sanctity. — Robert J. Shiller Copy Share Image
“For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God” (Rom. 13:1). God” — Kevin J. Vanhoozer Copy Share Image
As soon as we abandon our own reason, and are content to rely upon authority, there is no end to our troubles. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
A Western upbringing tends to stress questioning authority, which is always asking why, why, why. — Amy Chua Copy Share Image
The Liberals have been pressing for the brief on the basis of which he said there was authority for war. — Clare Short Copy Share Image
We have to hate our immediate predecessors, to get free from their authority. — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
