Authority Quotes

2019 Authority quotes by 1321 unique authors

I think Americans still can't help but respond to the natural authority of this voice. Deep down they long to be told what to do… — John Oliver
The president does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual… — Barack Obama
It's downright undignified how many blazers I've bought over the years. And will continue to buy. They immediately give shape and add authority. With the… — Rashida Jones
I do not like to be called a samurai, but I admit that I have an image of myself as a fighter. I would like… — Nagisa Oshima
Authority is quite degrading. — Oscar Wilde
If you see someone taking responsibility, give that person authority. If you see someone looking for authority, watch out! — Loren Cunningham
We feel confident that there won't be an outbreak. The people who were around the patient are now being identified and traced by the CDC… — Anthony Fauci
I have a friend named Doris who argues, on good authority, that the single biggest cause of global warming is menopause. — Dave Barry
Children have a remarkable talent for not taking the adult world with the kind of respect we are so confident it ought to be given.… — Conrad Hyers
More than 80 per cent of the British casualties of the Great War were English. More than 80 per cent of the taxation is paid… — Winston Churchill
Any society that derives its power and authority from the will of man alone lives apart from God and will crumble in the end. — Joshua
The difficulty is to keep a tight reign on our emotions. They may remain, but it is not they who are to rule the action.… — Elisabeth Elliot
Our Father in Heaven loves all of His children and desires that they know and understand His plan of happiness. Therefore, He calls prophets, those… — Carol F. McConkie
Put on the new man by renewing your mind with God's Word and submitting your body to the authority of that Word. — T. B. Joshua
God speaks with authority on every subject including marriage and His advice trumps Oprah's every time. — Kirk Cameron
The man who prefers his country before any other duty shows the same spirit as the man who surrenders every right to the state. They… — Lord Acton
In liberal democracy and anxious anarchy, the traditional classic dance, compact of aristocratic authority and absolute freedom in a necessity of order, has never been… — Lincoln Kirstein
He has systematically violated, over the course of the past 11 years, every significant UN resolution that has demanded that he disarm and destroy his… — Henry Waxman
I am against war, against violence, against violent revolution, for peaceful settlement of differences, for nonviolent but nevertheless radical changes. Change is needed, and violence… — Thomas Merton
I see,... and with the deepest affliction, the rapid strides with which the federal branch of our government is advancing towards the usurpation of all… — Thomas Jefferson
Every State has a natural right in cases not within the compact (casus non faederis) to nullify of their own authority all assumptions of power… — Thomas Jefferson
Our government should do everything it can to ensure the successful prosecution of those responsible for the murders of U.S. citizens abroad. It should provide… — Tim Bishop
We expect Serbian authorities to bring to justice all individuals at all levels who are responsible for their deaths without further delay. This also remains… — Victoria Nuland
It may safely be received as an axiom in our political system, that the state governments will in all possible contingencies afford complete security against… — Alexander Hamilton
What are the moral convictions most fondly held by barbarous and semi-barbarous people? They are the convictions that authority is the soundest basis of belief;… — Thomas Huxley

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