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
“Challenge authority; the authority of your own rational convictions.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
To have power is to have authority, to have authority is to have a voice, use it for the right reasons, and… — Noel Casillas Copy Share Image
Blanche is written with a terrible authority, the authority that comes from artistic necessity when the writer is compelled to write by… — Paul Bailey Copy Share Image
“The more a man departs from lawful authority, that is, authority normally constituted, whether by God or by the nature of things,… — Antonin Sertillanges Copy Share Image
It is a great matter to be in authority over others; for authority, if it be rightly used, will make you feared… — Francesco Guicciardini Copy Share Image
“The authority of God is unlike what is usually meant by "external authority" ... The authority of God brings perspective, joy and hope.” — G C Berkouwer Copy Share Image
“Every human act had a power behind it, every power had an authority, and every authority had a purpose-dirty bombs constituted by… — Lucian Bane Copy Share Image
“Someone who had authority, or should have had authority and did not exercise authority. I do not know. But someone sometime let… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image