Authority Quotes

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The federal government began investigating allegations of fraud against the Coalition Provisional Authority, a U.S. contractor accused in a bid-rigging operation involving millions of dollars.… — Amy Poehler
With all the new media outlets out there, with all the noise, a voice of authority and calm like Vogue becomes more important than ever.… — Anna Wintour
If we are not able to ask skeptical questions, to interrogate those who tell us that something is true, to be skeptical of those in… — Carl Sagan
I believe in white supremacy until the blacks are educated to the point of responsibility. I don`t believe in giving authority and positions of leadership… — John Wayne
We can look you in the eye and talk to you about life, heart, love rock'n'roll, whatever, but we do not have the moral authority… — Billy Corgan
What identifies an individual as a king is how other people behave towards him. All authority is assumed, and if other people don't accept your… — Patrick Stewart
When legitimately constituted state authority stands down in the face of armed threats, the very foundation of the republic is in danger. — Rick Perlstein
In a world of businessmen and financial intermediaries who aggressively seek profit, innovators will always outpace regulators; the authorities cannot prevent changes in the structure… — Hyman Minsky
We do not diminish the value of what women or men achieve in any worthy endeavor or career -- we all benefit from their achievements… — D. Todd Christofferson
Mayors do not have that authority to pick and choose what laws they're going to enforce. — Lou Barletta
I try to make art which celebrates doubt and uncertainty. Which provokes answers but doesn't give them. Which withholds absolute meaning by incorporating parasite meanings.… — Sherrie Levine
A Congresswoman must look like a girl, act like a lady, think like a man, speak on any given subject with authority and most of… — Unknown Author
In this fast paced world it is too frequently the case that people accept what society, family members and the authorities, whom nobody ever seems… — Ann Wigmore
I implore you, I entreat you and I challenge you to speak with conviction. To say what you believe in a manner that bespeaks the… — Taylor Mali
The atheist, agnostic, or secularist ... should guard against the encroachment of religion in areas where it has no place, and in particular the control… — S. T. Joshi
Instead, I was interested in what I guess I could call narrative indeterminacy, in questioning the apparent, taken-for-granted authority of any particular representation of the… — Peter Straub
In order to be a lieutenant, you've got to have authority in your voice. No matter how young your face looks, you've got to let… — Esai Morales
I will be voting to give the President of the United States the authority to use force-- if necessary-- to disarm Saddam Hussein because I… — John F. Kerry
We cannot, of course, save the World because we do not have authority over its parts. We can serve the world though. That is everyone's… — Barry Lopez
It seems to me that the god that is commonly worshipped in civilized countries is not at all divine, though he bears a divine name,… — Henry David Thoreau

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