Authority Quotes

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It is not enough these days to simply QUESTION AUTHORITY. You have to speak with it, too. — Taylor Mali
With what moral authority can [the US] speak of human rights... the rulers of a nation in which the millionaire and beggar coexist; where the… — Fidel Castro
Authority and place demonstrate and try the tempers of men, by moving every passion and discovering every frailty. — Plutarch
Whence, then, this worship of the past? The centuries are conspirators against the sanity and authority of the soul. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The belief in authority is the source of conscience; which is therefore not the voice of God in the heart of man, but the voice… — Friedrich Nietzsche
We declare, upon Scriptural authority, that the human will is so desperately set on mischief, so depraved, and so inclined to everything that is evil,… — Charles Spurgeon
Our moral authority is as important, if not more important, than our troop strength or our high-tech weapons. We are rapidly losing that moral authority,… — Robert Reich
Do you take me for a sponge, my lord? hamlet: Ay, sir; that soaks up the king's countenance, his rewards, his authorities. But such officers… — William Shakespeare
We have to give value to authority. We have to give value to office, being in office, holding office. — James Hillman
I have taken this step because I want the discipline, the fire and the authority of the Church. I am hopelessly unworthy of it, but… — Edith Sitwell
Some authority on parenting once said, "Hold them very close and then let them go." This is the hardest truth for a father to learn:… — Bill Cosby
The authority and influence of France on the world scene in the 21st century will not depend solely on its modernity and cohesion, nor even… — Jacques Chirac
The faults of a writer of acknowledged excellence are more dangerous, because the influence of his example is more extensive; and the interest of learning… — Samuel Johnson
A child who passes through many hands in turn, can never be well brought up. At every change he makes a secret comparison, which continually… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
There is an inherent tendency in all governmental power to recognize no restraints on its operation and to extend the sphere of its dominion as… — Ludwig von Mises
One must be willing to stand alone - in the unknown, with no reference to authority or the past or any of one's conditioning. One… — Adyashanti
Authorities act with themselves in mind. Leaders act with others in mind. Authorities take. Leaders give. Authorities die. Leaders live on. — Simon Sinek
Even the best of men in authority are liable to be corrupted by passion. We may conclude then that the law is reason without passion,… — Aristotle
If any one shall claim a power to lay and levy taxes on the people by his own authority and without such consent of the… — John Locke
A great many things have been pronounced untrue and absurd, and even impossible, by the highest authorities in the age in which they lived, which… — Catherine Crowe
Democrats believe we must have comprehensive health care reform that includes giving the federal government authority to negotiate lower prices with drug companies. — Jim Clyburn
A country is in a bad state, which is governed only by laws; because a thousand things occur for which laws cannot provide, and where… — Samuel Johnson
REPUBLIC, n. A nation in which, the thing governing and the thing governed being the same, there is only a permitted authority to enforce an… — Ambrose Bierce
In revolutions authority remains with the greatest scoundrels. — Georges Danton
Direct action against the authority in the shop, direct action against the authority of the law, direct action against the invasive, meddlesome authority of our… — Emma Goldman

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