Authority Quotes · Page 26

One of the great commandments of science is: 'Mistrust arguments from authority.'

— Carl Sagan

“As a believer, you have the authority to tell the devil what to do in the name of Jesus”

— Pedro Okoro

I have never refused to talk to any authorities or give them any information I had.

— Sam Sheppard

An evil nature wielding great authority brings misfortune upon the community.

— Aeschines

“...if you're an actor, and you've thought your way into the part, then you're character portrayal will have authority...”

— John Geddes

Jurisdiction is not given for the sake of the judge, but for that of the litigant.

— Blaise Pascal

One of the signs (you) displayed (said): QUESTION AUTHORITY. Comments or slogans of this nature cannot and will not be condoned.

— C. L. Wilson

We have one authority and one law and everyone has the responsibility to follow that law and that authority.

— Mahmoud Abbas

The President sends us a billion-page paper that shows how he would spend the money if he were spending the money. He…

— Michael Enzi

I will not sulk about having no boyfriend, but develop inner poise and authority and sense of self as woman of substance,…

— Helen Fielding

The State Film Authority will be there for film as industry only, as is the case in all the other states, except…

— Ann Macbeth

It may safely be received as an axiom in our political system, that the state governments will in all possible contingencies afford…

— Alexander Hamilton

We respect the role of the Senate. We respect the authority of the Senate to look at the qualifications of Judge Roberts,…

— Alberto Gonzales

Football is a great deal like life in that it teaches that work, sacrifice, perseverance, competitive drive, selflessness, and respect for authority…

— Vince Lombardi

No totalitarian authority nor authoritarian state can tolerate those who have an absolute by which to judge that state and its actions.…

— Francis Schaeffer

What's the trick to writing a good bad guy? Well, for me, it's always been the idea that you pit yourself against…

— Brian Azzarello

It is wrong for a secular government to promote prayer. We think the National Day of Prayer is unconstitutional. What if the…

— Dan Barker

…being an atheist required discipline very like that of being Catholic. One could never yield to the idea of a supernatural authority,…

— Anne Rice

Protestants and Catholics have historically disagreed on the canon of the Old Testament but agreed on the canon of the New Testament.…

— Craig Blomberg

The atheist, agnostic, or secularist ... should guard against the encroachment of religion in areas where it has no place, and in…

— Anonymous

The House of Commons has the undoubted rights to expel members for misconduct. This is an absolute authority which cannot be challenged…

— Jacob Rees-Mogg

The principles of all genuine liberty, and of wise laws and administrations are to be drawn from the Bible and sustained by…

— Noah Webster

To those who would submit to the rightful law and authority, all gentleness and forbearance; but to the petulant and persistent secessionists,…

— William Tecumseh Sherman

I am against war, against violence, against violent revolution, for peaceful settlement of differences, for nonviolent but nevertheless radical changes. Change is…

— Thomas Merton

Leaders do not avoid, repress, or deny conflict, but rather see it as an opportunity

— Warren G. Bennis

Showing a lack of self-control is in the same vein granting authority to others: 'Perhaps I need someone else to control me.

— Criss Jami

My father represented authority, which meant—to me—that he could not also represent understanding.

— William Maxwell

The exercise of authority over the same area by two States is a contradiction.

— Benjamin Tucker

Authority is the assumption that someone else knows better than you.

— James Cromwell

“Ballot papers do not define leaders. Leadership is defined by conviction, vision, passion and inspiration.”

— Israelmore Ayivor

In the opinion of the anarchist, the sum total of human ills is expressed in one word-authority.

— Albert Meltzer

I think you need brains to do any Shakespeare with any authority. I could do Shakespeare, but not with any authority.

— Sam Neill

A regime which puts in a bunker the highest law in the land does not have the moral authority to say that…

— Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

A consultation process is what some authority sets in motion preparatory to doing what it intended all along.

— Keith Waterhouse

A just government maintains a healthy tension between the claims of authority and the claims of liberty.

— Russell Kirk

“Be not guided by the will-o'-the-wisp of policy, but by the pole-star of divine authority.”

— Charles Haddon Spurgeon

I've always hated authority from an early age. And authority have always hated me.

— Dr. Dre

The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government...

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Every time you change your orders without obvious reason, you weaken your authority.

— Napoleon Hill

With authority comes the ability to victimize; with power comes choice

— Kalyani Rajalingham