Authority Quotes

2019 Authority quotes by 1321 unique authors

It is manifestly vital to the success of the anti-slavery cause, that the authority and influence of proslavery, especially of slaveholding, ministers should be destroyed. — Gerrit Smith
No! on Human Rights and Freedom, on a subject that is as self-evident as that two and two make four, there is no need of… — Ernestine Rose
I fully support your efforts to stamp out sexual assault in the United States military and believer that there is nothing in (Military Justice Improvement… — Unknown Author
The child should be taught to consider his instructor...superior to the parent in point of authority.... The vulgar impression that parents have a legal right… — Unknown Author
There can be no greater stretch of arbitrary power than is required to seize children from their parents, teach them whatever the authorities decree they… — Isabel Paterson
But in our age the appeal to authority is weak, and I am of my age. — Allen Tate
Therefore, I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, for kings and all who are… — Paul the Apostle
The primary component upon which all else rests in a kingdom is the authority of the ruler. Without that, there is anarchy resulting in mess. — Tony Evans
Researchers, with science as their authority, will be able to cut animals up, alive, into small pieces, drop them from a great height to see… — Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
God only promises to bless the nation that recognizes His authority. — Tony Evans
They're trying to say that greater federal authority would have made a difference, ... The reality is that the feds are the ones that screwed… — Unknown Author
I suppose that every parent loves his child, but I know, without any suppossing, that in a large number of homes the love is hidden… — Abbott Eliot Kittredge
Whoever in debate quotes authority uses not intellect, but memory. — Leonardo da Vinci
Short of preventing harm to the child, the standard of 'best interest of the child' is insufficient to serve as a compelling state interest overruling… — Unknown Author
Worry is a subtle way of telling God that He's fallen asleep at the wheel and that things aren't under His authority, but ours. — Margaret Feinberg
On the philosophical level, both Buddhism and modern science share a deep suspicion of any notion of absolutes, whether conceptualize as a transcendent being, as… — Dalai Lama
Men suppose their reason has command over their words; still it happens that words in return exercise authority on reason — Francis Bacon
The struggle between Liberty and Authority is the most conspicuous feature in the portions of history with which we are earliest familiar; particularly in that… — John Stuart Mill
Justice has taken its course and the authority and legitimacy of the legal process must be respected. — Kofi Annan
It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law — Thomas Hobbes
So many young decorators are trying to reinvent the wheel, and the results are sometimes very dubious. They're striving to do things that have never… — Albert Hadley
We've broken the code base into logical chunks, called modules, and the foundation staff delegate authority for the modules to people with the most expertise. — Mitchell Baker
Ultimately the success of any nonproliferation strategy requires a universal standard. Washington's "Do as I say, not as I do" approach lacks moral authority and… — David Cortright
Unless some effective world supergovernment for the purpose of preventing war can be set up ... the prospects for peace and human progress are dark… — Winston Churchill
The script for this film was written 52 years ago by Edward R. Murrow, who taught us many valuable lessons about responsibility and always, always… — George Clooney

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