Authority Quotes

2019 Authority quotes by 1321 unique authors

As one reads history, not in the expurgated editions written for schoolboys and passmen, but in the original authorities of each time, one is absolutely… — Oscar Wilde
The most important aspect of my personality as far as determining my success goes; has been my questioning conventional wisdom, doubting experts and questioning authority.… — Larry Ellison
Our foundation is the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. The authority of the holy priesthood is here, restored under the hands of those who… — Gordon B. Hinckley
The financial system has been turned over to the Federal Reserve Board. That Board administers the finance system by authority of a purely profiteering group.… — Charles August Lindbergh
Divide the world into regional groups as a transitional stage to world government. Populations will more readily abandon their national loyalty to a vague regional… — Joseph Stalin
By the end of this decade we will live under the first One World Government that has ever existed in the society of nations ...… — Pope John Paul II
[T]he people as ultimate sovereigns, retain the ultimate power - and even the duty - to overthrow any government that fails to respect their authority. — Glenn Reynolds
So the state founded on natural principles is wise as a whole in virtue of the knowledge inherent in its smallest constituent class, which exercises… — Plato
Authority, power, and wealth do not change a man; they only reveal him — Ali ibn Abi Talib
There's no reason to assume that my idea of what's better would really be better. I resent it when other people try to inflict their… — Frank Zappa
The execution was set for the 29th of March, at nine in the morning. This delay was due to a desire on the part of… — Jorge Luis Borges
Show me the man who keeps his house in hand, He's fit for public authority. — Sophocles
Words are wise men's counters, they do but reckon by them: but they are the money of fools, that value them by the authority of… — Thomas Hobbes
In the eyes of authority - and maybe rightly so - nothing looks more like a terrorist than the ordinary man. — Giorgio Agamben
Rediscovering the controversies that occupied early Christianity sharpens our awareness of the major issue in the whole debate, then and now: What is the source… — Elaine Pagels
There is no reliable way for American authorities to distinguish jihadists and potential jihadists from peaceful Muslims. — Robert Spencer
Each temple building is an inspiration, magnificent and beautiful in every way, but the temple building alone does not bless. The endowed blessings and divine… — James E. Faust
The most important things that any member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ever does in this world are: 1. To marry… — Bruce R. McConkie
Our wise founders seemed to understand, better than most of us, our own scripture, which states that ‘it is the nature and disposition of almost… — Ezra Taft Benson
Any analyst at any time can target anyone. Any selector, anywhere I, sitting at my desk, certainly had the authorities to wiretap anyone, from you… — Edward Snowden
The great fear that I have regarding the outcome for America of these disclosures is that nothing will change. [People] won't be willing to take… — Edward Snowden
While the Church exhorts civil authorities to seek peace, not war, and to exercise discretion and mercy in imposing punishment on criminals, it may still… — Pope Benedict XVI
Those in the community who defy authority and 'break the law' seem to enjoy the good life and have everything in the way of material… — Huey Newton
A just government maintains a healthy tension between the claims of authority and the claims of liberty. — Russell Kirk
Unless Hamas recognizes Israel's right to exist and renounces terror, the Palestinian Authority should receive no direct U.S. assistance. — Lois Capps

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