It's hard to have any moral authority over a group of drunken college students when you have never had a beer and… — Tom Green Copy Share Image
“Moral authority is earned, not given. This is why formal authorities are threatened by moral authorities without position.” — Richie Norton Copy Share Image
If your people don't really believe or respect you, if you don't have the moral authority to rule, then your goose is… — Asma Jahangir Copy Share Image
Hillary Clinton was personally presiding over the dissolution of moral authority - particularly applied to presidents - because she looked the other… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Autocratic power requires the degradation of moral authority - not the capture of moral high ground. — Masha Gessen Copy Share Image
Let us be true: this is the highest maxim of art and of life, the secret of eloquence and of virtue, and… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
Putin operates like a super PAC, taking advantage of opportunities for negative campaigning. The purpose is to show that the U.S. has… — Fiona Hill Copy Share Image
The president of the United States from the 1940s until 2017 was considered the leader of the free world - probably the… — H. W. Brands Copy Share Image
“There's a good reason why the Catholic Church has never declared that any individual person has gone to Hell—the Vatican condemns certain… — Declan Finn Copy Share Image
It is quite acceptable for either party to explicitly go after the black, Hispanic, or even the Jewish vote. In fact both… — Shelby Steele Copy Share Image
So long as you believe in a Two-Faced God, you will create ecstasy and terror side by side. You have imagined a… — Neale Donald Walsch Copy Share Image
True leadership is moral authority, not formal authority. Leadership is a choice, not a position. The choice is to follow universal timeless… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
“During this period of his life, Burroughs was seeking a physical utopia, a place where he could live and act as he… — Greg A. Mullins Copy Share Image
1963, because of the sense of moral authority that the civil rights movement had, we were able to get people to respond,… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
Ultimately the success of any nonproliferation strategy requires a universal standard. Washington's "Do as I say, not as I do" approach lacks… — David Cortright Copy Share Image
The history of mankind is a history of the subjugation and exploitation of a great majority of people by an elite few… — Ed Crane Copy Share Image
“Interpreters package and then sell, rent, or impose upon us artificially flavored illusions of truth, salvation, enlightenment, and happiness that are built… — Doug Rose Copy Share Image
“We want character but without unyielding conviction; we want strong morality, but without the emotional burden of guilt or shame; we want… — James Davison Hunter Copy Share Image
With what moral authority can [the US] speak of human rights... the rulers of a nation in which the millionaire and beggar… — Fidel Castro Copy Share Image
“True, the US Government does not have moral authority to ask for an independent investigation into alleged war crimes and crimes against… — Nilantha Ilangamuwa Copy Share Image
The American experiment, the United States in the past eight years [2008-2016] was not considered worthy of leading, because we had committed… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
“You yourself fought the decadence of Gotham for years—with all your strength and resources, all your moral authority. And the only victory… — Greg Cox Copy Share Image
Moral authority comes from following universal and timeless principles like honesty, integrity, treating people with respect. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
“Who is to decide what are the ‘right’ values?” wrote a professor of education. “Does ultimate moral authority lie with institutions such… — Charles W. Colson Copy Share Image
The highest levels of the U.S. military, the Defense Department, and the White House must be held accountable for putting our troops… — Lawrence Korb Copy Share Image
Under theocracies and other authoritarian regimes, the rulers are the moral authorities. Under genuine democracy some basic values are entrenched in the… — Mario Bunge Copy Share Image
A bold reform agenda is our moral obligation. If we make the case effectively and win this November, then we will have… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
When I was deployed, I could feel a full spectrum of American power keeping me safe. And yes, that was the armor… — Pete Buttigieg Copy Share Image
“Also she went in for culture, which gave her a certain moral authority. It wouldn't now; but people believed, then, that culture… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
I pray the Pope [Francis] can use his moral authority to inspire true religious freedom, and bring us closer to the day… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
We can look you in the eye and talk to you about life, heart, love rock'n'roll, whatever, but we do not have… — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
what you hear in my voice is fury, not suffering. Anger, not moral authority — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
We [americans] have earned the moral authority, at least compared to anybody else in the world. — Chuck Todd Copy Share Image
A god that created the world and then walked off the site leaving it to its own devices is not a fit… — Simon Blackburn Copy Share Image
Trump is as hollow a vessel as there has ever been in the White House. His rule lacks even a shred of… — Joy Reid Copy Share Image
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