Authority Quotes

2019 Authority quotes by 1321 unique authors

We mean business, George Bush, ... and we're going to go to Congress and we're going to ask them, 'How many more of other people's… — Cindy Sheehan
We have to repair that trust ... I think anytime a public official lies, he undermines his own authority and squanders the public trust. — Bill Bradley
It's up to us, the people, to break immoral laws, and resist. As soon as the leaders of a country lie to you, they have… — Cindy Sheehan
When people do not dread authorities, then a greater dread descends. — Laozi
Almost all of my early art dealt with the fallout from middle-class taboos, the messy, the ambivalent emotions couples felt, the inherent racism, the sexual… — Eric Fischl
Cameras in classrooms are no substitute for greater authority by parents and teachers. — Paul Weyrich
The ideas of individual supremacy and the right of free expression, when carried to excess, have not worked. They have made it difficult to keep… — Lee Kuan Yew
If I were in authority in Singapore indefinitely without having to ask those who are governed whether they like what is being done, then I… — Lee Kuan Yew
My father represented authority, which meant—to me—that he could not also represent understanding. — William Maxwell
Wearing a hat confers undeniable authority over those without one. — Tristan Bernard
By citing the UN Charter I indicate that the defensive party to the conflict should use only proportionate force, try to avoid civilian casualties, and… — Bhikkhu Bodhi
In 1968 the Arts Council managed to get a grant from the treasury to buy up a lot of derelict touring theatres and put them… — Timothy West
During our long period of slumber the United States government has lost its moral authority. It is owned, operated, and controlled by Wall Street and… — Thomas Naylor
Christians, indeed, have a special obligation not to forget how great and how inextinguishable the human proclivity for violence is, or how many victims it… — David Bentley Hart
Lest we forget, the birth of modern physics and cosmology was achieved by Galileo, Kepler and Newton breaking free not from the close confining prison… — David Bentley Hart
The burnt odor in Washington is from the disintegrating authority of the governing classes. — William Greider
What with the political monopoly, the Cheka and the Red Army, all that now existed of the 'Commune-State' of our dreams was a theoretical myth.… — Victor Serge
All lawful authority, legislative, and executive, originates from the people. — James Burgh
They must find it hard to take Truth for authority who have so long mistaken Authority for Truth. — Gerald Massey
The NRA provided that in America each industry should be organized into a federally supervised trade association. It was not called a corporative. It was… — John T. Flynn
These code authorities could regulate production, quantities, qualities, prices, distribution methods, etc., under the supervision of the NRA. This was fascism. — John T. Flynn
It is important for the apologist who desires to be obedient to the Word of God in defending the faith to pay special attention to… — Greg L. Bahnsen
To the Green movement in which infantilism is seen at its worst, authority is a far more serious evil than the destruction of life. — Pentti Linkola
The institutions that claim to represent God, when they are not ignored altogether, are treated like other human institutions that have to earn their right… — Richard Holloway
The bullshitter is neither on the side of the true or the side of the false. His eye is not on the facts at all.… — Harry Frankfurt

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