Authority Quotes · Page 30

“Our natural rights come from an authority beyond the petty rule of man.”

— Bryant McGill

Most men, after a little freedom, have preferred authority with the consoling assurances and the economy of effort it brings.

— Walter Lippmann

I am a strong believer in the tyranny, the dictatorship, the absolute authority of the writer.

— Philip Pullman

“...a writer without authority? Impossible. as Kenneth Burke says, creation implies authority in the sense of originator…”

— John Geddes

Do what is right, and the reward will be immediate and multitudinous. Think what is right, and your authority will grow.

— John Kremer

[It] is the interest as well as duty of a sovereign to maintain the authority of the laws.

— Edward Gibbon

“On an individual basis, in most interactions, this thing we call power—authority—exists only as it is perceived.”

— Brandon Sanderson

He who hears this name [God] from a Jew must inform the authorities, or else throw sow dung at him when he…

— Martin Luther

But I recognize no infallible authority, even in special questions; consequently, whatever respect I may have for the honesty and the sincerity…

— Mikhail Bakunin

Ordinary men are given the authority of the priesthood. Worthiness and willingness - not experience, expertise, or education - are the qualifications…

— David A. Bednar

For well over 5 years, Rep. Schiff has betrayed the American people, purposely abused his position of heightened authority, practiced continuous deceit…

— Anna Paulina Luna

We want to do something and a definition is a means of doing it. If we want certain results then we must…

— I. A. Richards

Remember, the IDF, the Israeli Defense Forces, have a working relationship with the Palestinian Authority security forces, which have been incredibly professional.

— Hillary Clinton

At bottom, the decision to pardon Nixon was a political judgment properly within the bounds of Ford's constitutional authority. The specter of…

— Richard Ben-Veniste

Unfortunately, there are people in America, there are people in politics, there are people in positions of authority, who want to forcibly…

— Ted Nugent

It's remarkable that the failures of the Obama, Clinton, Kerry foreign policy are not only uniting the Left and Right in Israel…

— Ted Cruz

Those who wish to seek out the cause of miracles and to understand the things of nature as philosophers, and not to…

— Baruch Spinoza

Concepts which have proved useful for ordering things easily assume so great an authority over us, that we forget their terrestrial origin…

— Albert Einstein

Imagine if we started raising generations of children who stood uncompromisingl y on the Word of God, knew how to defend the…

— Ken Ham

ANARCHISM (from the Gr. , and , contrary to authority), the name given to a principle or theory of life and conduct…

— Peter Kropotkin

If the modern spirit, whatever that may be, is disinclined towards taking the Lord's word at its face value (as I hear…

— Albert J. Nock

Well-established Supreme Court precedents indicate that states - like the states of Washington and Minnesota - have no equal-protection rights of their…

— David B. Rivkin

At one time,' Golenishchev continued, either not observing or not willing to observe that both Anna and Vronsky wanted to speak, 'at…

— Leo Tolstoy

“But herein also lies an irony, for there is more than one kind of power and one kind of authority. The power…

— Thomas Talbott

Men suppose their reason has command over their words; still it happens that words in return exercise authority on reason

— Anonymous

Ladies, if you want a happy marriage, then do whatever your husband tells you without questioning his authority.

— Rush Limbaugh

There are very few critics who have historical context or authority.

— Twyla Tharp

“System fails when people with ability don't have authority and people with authority don't have ability.”

— Amit Kalantri

If you're not confident in the authority of the Scriptures, you will be a slave to what sounds right.

— Matt Chandler

Perhaps religious conscience upsets the designs of those who feel that the highest wisdom and authority comes from government.

— Mitt Romney

What you need is sustained outrage...there's far too much unthinking respect given to authority.

— Molly Ivins

The discipline in your life should be one determined by your own desires and your own needs, not put upon you by…

— Bertrand Russell

It doesn't affect my authority if I change my stance on something. If I have to reconsider a decision, I will.

— Gerardo Martino

Universities are less constrained by authority and rigid doctrine in the United States than in most other societies, to my knowledge.

— Noam Chomsky

No art can conquer the people alone-the people are conquered by an ideal of life upheld by authority.

— William Butler Yeats

I became obnoxious to the Jacobins because I reprobated their aristocracy, which aimed at usurping all legitimate authority.

— Marquis de Lafayette

Holy Scripture is the highest authority for every believer, the standard of faith and the foundation for reform.

— John Wycliffe

Moral authority comes from following universal and timeless principles like honesty, integrity, treating people with respect.

— Stephen Covey

“To make a decision, all you need is authority. To make a good decision, you also need knowledge, experience, and insight.”

— Denise Moreland

“positional authority yields a society that determines right and wrong based on honor and shame.”

— Nabeel Qureshi