Authority Quotes

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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
Management means, in the last analysis, the substitution of thought for brawn and muscle, of knowledge for folkways and superstition, and of cooperation for force.… — Peter Drucker
The peaceful transfer of authority is rare in history, yet common in our country. With a simple oath, we affirm old traditions and make new… — George W. Bush
I'm happy to respect authority when it's genuine authority, based on moral or intellectual or even technical superiority. I'm eager to follow a hero if… — Edward Abbey
Why the critics, like a flock of ducks, always move in perfect unison: Their authority with the public depends upon an appearance of unanimous agreement.… — Edward Abbey
Our rulers can have authority over such natural rights only as we have submitted to them. — Thomas Jefferson
But the Chief Justice says, 'There must be an ultimate arbiter somewhere.' True, there must; but does that prove it is either party? The ultimate… — Thomas Jefferson
The question whether the judges are invested with exclusive authority to decide on the constitutionality of a law has been heretofore a subject of consideration… — Thomas Jefferson
The complete independence of the courts of justice is peculiarly essential in a limited Constitution. By a limited Constitution, I understand one which contains certain… — Alexander Hamilton
It is of the nature of war to increase the executive at the expense of the legislative authority. — Alexander Hamilton
There is no position which depends on clearer principles than that every act of a delegated authority, contrary to the commission under which it is… — Alexander Hamilton

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