If I were in authority in Singapore indefinitely without having to ask those who are governed whether they like what is being… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
“Use your God-given authority to help free others from sickness, torment and distress, and do so without taking advantage of them (Matthew 10:1, 8).” — Michelle Walker-Wade Copy Share Image
I don't mind being called Maddy at all, but I mind the closeness that you assume you get by calling me by… — R. Madhavan Copy Share Image
Authority has to exist before it can be limited, and it is authority that is in scarce supply in those modernizing countries… — Ferdinand Marcos Copy Share Image
In 1962, the smallest things were upsetting to authority. It wasn't the Civil Rights Movement. It wasn't the Anti-war Movement. It was… — Peter Riegert Copy Share Image
Priesthood is the means whereby the Lord acts through men to save souls. One of the defining features of the Church of… — David A. Bednar Copy Share Image
Christ has not only ordained that there shall be such officers in his Church - he has not only specified their duties… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
[I shall not] discuss scientific method, but rather the methods of scientists. We proceed by common sense and ingenuity. There are no… — Joel Henry Hildebrand Copy Share Image
The seventeenth century is everywhere a time in which the state's power over everything individual increases, whether that power be in absolutist… — Jacob Burckhardt Copy Share Image
Rulers are no more than attorneys, agents, and trustees, for the people; and if the cause, the interest and trust, is insidiously… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Now Barack Obama, who campaigned for transparency, is the President defending secret negotiations on new trade agreements that are largely being written… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
Almost all of my early art dealt with the fallout from middle-class taboos, the messy, the ambivalent emotions couples felt, the inherent… — Eric Fischl Copy Share Image
Nothing is more deceptive or more dangerous than the pretence of a desire to simplify government. The simplest governments are despotisms; the… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
It's not that I don't respect my parents' authority or appreciate all that they did for me, but when I was 18… — Ryan Sheckler Copy Share Image
It was inevitable that in the proliferation of media and media channels and the natural debasing of authority that comes when you… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
The most obvious and condescending tell-tale sign that manipulation is taking place is that no one takes responsibility for the actions of… — Teresa Stover Copy Share Image
As an exercise of raw judicial power, the Court perhaps has authority to do what it does today; but, in my view,… — Byron White Copy Share Image
“A cold chill shot down my spine. How the hell did this freaking ass-hat have any position of authority? Power was supposed… — Cameo Renae Copy Share Image
When I started working in a feminist feminine magazine all my life was about rebelling against male authority, which is authority in… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
Tyranny has perhaps oftener grown out of the assumptions of power, called for, on pressing exigencies, by a defective constitution, than out… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Every leader needs to remember that a healthy respect for authority takes time to develop. It’s like building trust. You don’t instantly… — Mike Krzyzewski Copy Share Image
If you don't have properly constituted civic authorities you will encourage vigilantism and solo efforts at retributive justice - which is anarchy,… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
...tis a dangerous thing to ingage the authority of Scripture in disputes about the Natural World, in opposition to Reason; lest Time,… — Thomas Burnet Copy Share Image
Prayer is the risen Jesus coming in with His resurrection power, given free rein in our lives, and then using His authority… — Ole Hallesby Copy Share Image
This breakdown in the bicameral mind in what is called the Intermediate Period is reminiscent at least of those periodic breakdowns of… — Julian Jaynes Copy Share Image
A titled leader relies heavily on positional power to get things done; a natural leader is able to mobilize others without the… — Gary Hamel Copy Share Image
If Christianity is a mere invention of man, and the Bible is of no more authority than any other uninspired volume, how… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Arguments from authority carry little weight – authorities have made mistakes in the past. They will do so again in the future.… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
I have always admired stylishly confident women who dress with great authority. This lifelong love of elegance began with the humble wardrobe… — Andre Leon Talley Copy Share Image
Never before had I recognized the ring of majesty that was in Billy Black's voice, though I realized now that this authority… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
To totalitarianism, an opponent is by definition subversive; democracy treats subversives as mere opponents for fear of betraying its principles. — Jean Francois Revel Copy Share Image
Fame doesn't redeem you. It takes a long time to get there, and when you're finally there, you realise you still have… — Cyndi Lauper Copy Share Image
The international community and Israel have the same opinion regarding the Hamas government. We don't say we are going to boycott it… — Moshe Katsav Copy Share Image
All authority belongs to the people... In questions of power let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Authority is something from which we are constantly subtracting, of which there remains always a residue, and which we attempt to make… — Federica Montseny Copy Share Image
My legal wife is to me dead; the only ecclesiastical authority I recognise pronounces me free; the attacks and threats of men… — William the Silent Copy Share Image
“This world is indeed of our ownership, but the authority (over it) is not received. However much cleansing one accomplishes, that is… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Whence true authority in men: though both Not equal, as their sex not equal seemed; For contemplation he and valour formed, For… — John Milton Copy Share Image
When you meet with opposition, even if it should be from your husband or your children, endeavor to overcome it by argument… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Within our whole universe the story only has the authority to answer that cry of heart of its characters, that one cry… — Isak Dinesen Copy Share Image