Authority Quotes

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They don't want to be reminded that there is an authority higher than the authority of the state. — Roy Moore
Part of what we love about poetry is the fact that it seems ancient, that it has an authority of ancient language and ancient form,… — Robert Morgan
The Supreme Court of the United States is hereby commanded to try Andrew Johnson for usurpation of our Imperial authority and prerogatives, and if found… — Joshua A. Norton
Well, our statute provides us with authority to conduct a very broad inquiry basically to provide an investigation of 9-11 that's thorough, complete and will… — Richard Ben-Veniste
Senior development specialists in the Treasury can be counted on one hand. America's government is not even aware of the gap between its commitments and… — Jeffrey Sachs
Mr. Truman studiously avoided giving power to his White House staff that has been characteristic of recent administrations. Staff people in the White House, with… — Stuart Symington
Christmas is the gentlest, loveliest festival of the revolving year - and yet, for all that, when it speaks, its voice has strong authority. — WJ Cameron
I was never a bad girl and still not. I challenged authority in school a little bit but nothing like Jennifer. Now I just speak… — Megan Fox
Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don't interfere — Ronald Reagan
You can delegate authority, but not responsibility. — Unknown Author
Great men in judicial places will never want authority — Proverb
The highest duty is to respect authority — Unknown Author
[I]f we and our posterity reject religious instruction and authority, violate the rules of eternal justice, trifle with the injunctions of morality, and recklessly destroy… — Daniel Webster
Those fields which most depend upon authoritative opinion for their data least contain known natural law. — L. Ron Hubbard
The current state of the news media is partially to blame for the publics general lack of information vital for responsible citizenship in a democracy.… — Teresa Stover
The younger generation is supposed to rage against the machine, not for it. They're supposed to question authority, not question those who question authority. — Bill Maher
Authority is itself inherently an act of imagination. — Richard Sennett
He who has no bread has no authority — Turkish Proverb
The country and the Congress were misled into war. I regret that we were not given the truth; as I said more than a year… — Senator John Kerry
Authority intoxicates, And makes mere sots of magistrates; The fumes of it invade the brain, And make men giddy, proud and vain: By this the… — Samuel Butler

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