Authority Quotes · Page 24

It is right to submit to a higher authority whenever a command of God would be violated.

— Saint Basil

Don't name it, as they say, because instantly you offer it to this peculiar authority.

— Robert Creeley

The authority of example and considerations of character, unlike pudding, are not whipped up in an instant.

— Neal A. Maxwell

When authority is total, so too is the madness of the man who declares it, and the potential for abuse of power.

— Rick Wilson

It's far from clear that restoring Christian social authority is an appropriate aim of politics in the first place.

— Josh Hawley

Perhaps the challenge is to invent the political structure that will give conscience a better chance against authority.

— Stanley Milgram

A key ingredient in innovation is the ability to challenge authority and break rules.

— Vivek Wadhwa

The basis of conservatism is a desire for less government interference or less centralized authority or more individual freedom...

— Ronald Reagan

The first thing to realize in meditation is that there is no authority, that the mind must be completely free to examine,…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

We cannot, of course, save the World because we do not have authority over its parts. We can serve the world though.…

— Barry Lopez

And after September the 11th, the United States Congress also granted me additional authority to use military force against al Qaeda. . . .

— George W. Bush

I believe in human rights for everyone, and none of us is qualified to judge each other and that none of us…

— Malcolm X

If I believe authority is raised by God - I understand I don't understand all things. And what those purposes are. He's…

— Paula White

Government officials have no right to interfere in ecclesiastical matters in a way that undermines or disregards the God-given authority of pastors…

— John MacArthur

To think that a Catholic bishop must answer to a civil authority over matters of faith is abominable. It is abhorrent to…

— Andrew Scheer

Authority figures are so irritating. Because they always tell you to do things for reasons that aren't very good. That sums up…

— Rupert Everett

“The truth is, one who seeks to achieve freedom by petitioning those in power to give it to him has already failed,…

— Larken Rose

It is odd that neither the Church nor modern public opinion condemns petting, provided it stops short at a certain point. At…

— Bertrand Russell

Searching for money, what are you really searching? You are searching power, you are searching strength. Searching for prestige, political authority, what…

— Rajneesh

We do not worship the Prophet. We worship God our Eternal Father and the risen Lord Jesus Christ. But we acknowledge the…

— Sam Smith

“The source of irrational authority, on the other hand, is always power over people. This power can be physical or mental, it…

— Erich Fromm

Anarchists believe that we can govern ourselves in the absence of coercive and centralized authority; the underlying premise about human nature (to…

— Rebecca Solnit

Before any man can be considered as a member of civil society, he must be considered as a subject of the Governor…

— James Monroe

With others, I feel betrayed that those who had the authority in the Church to stop Brendan Smyth failed to act on…

— Sean Brady

We now have a satisfactory solution not only to coalition forces, but also to the Iraqi authorities themselves.

— John Prescott

Modesty is that feeling by which honorable shame acquires a valuable and lasting authority.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

'The Authority,' by Warren Ellis and Bryan Hitch, really pioneered the widescreen, action-packed style of storytelling.

— Jim Lee

“You are the only person who thinks in your mind! You are the power and authority in your world.”

— Louise Hay

My reason, it's true, controls my feelings, but whatever its authority, it doesn't rule them so much as tyrannize them.

— Pierre Corneille

Every legitimate authority should respect its extent and its limits.

— Joseph Joubert

“The lawmakers possess the authority that commands the obedience of the people.”

— Sunday Adelaja

All authority must be out of a man's self, turned . . . either upon an art, or upon a man.

— Francis Bacon

If your heart is quite set upon a crown, make and put on one of roses, for it will make the prettier…

— Epictetus

The feelings of the individual are the prime authority in ethics. 'If it feels good, do it' is the basic ethical ideal…

— Yuval Noah Harari

The authority you establish must emerge naturally from your character, from the particular strengths you possess.

— Robert Greene

We [americans] have earned the moral authority, at least compared to anybody else in the world.

— Chuck Todd

Without the intervention of the civil authority what would our percepts become?- Platonic laws.

— Philipp Melanchthon

Everywhere, authority and tradition have to justify themselves in the face of questions.

— Gustav Heinemann

If it is not profitable for the common good that authority should be retained, it ought to be relinquished.

— Barbara Tuchman

The tensions between authority and the people need to be heard, especially when they are suffering and they can't eat.

— Ralph Fiennes