Authority Quotes

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The power of authority is never more subtle and effective than when it produces a psychological atmosphere or climate favorable to the life of certain… — Arthur Balfour
The most absolute authority is that which penetrates into a man's innermost being and concerns itself no less with his will than with his actions. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Use gentle methods to get whatever good you can from priests and monks who are slaves, as well as from merchants and captives. Resort to… — Vincent de Paul
... my convictions led me to adhere to the sufficiency of the light within us, resting on truth as authority, rather than 'taking authority for… — Lucretia Mott
Our senior officers knew the war was going badly. Yet they bowed to groupthink pressure and kept up pretenses. ...Many of my generation, the career… — Colin Powell
Air travel reminds us who we are. It's the means by which we recognize ourselves as modern. The process removes us from the world and… — Don DeLillo
The disposition of all power is to abuses, nor does it at all mend the matter that its possessors are a majority. Unrestrained political authority,… — James F. Cooper
They that have grown old in a single state are generally found to be morose, fretful and captious; tenacious of their own practices and maxims;… — Samuel Johnson
Men, if you are in a position of power or authority, please respectfully continue to mentor and work with talented individuals and those with promise,… — Carol Roth
My favourite mentor brother told me that there were three kinds of people: followers, leaders and scouts. Scouts are capeable of leadership, but they could… — Isobelle Carmody
MACE, n. A staff of office signifying authority. Its form, that of a heavy club, indicates its original purpose and use in dissuading from dissent. — Ambrose Bierce
Intelligent beings from other planets regularly visit our world in an effort to enter into contact with us. NASA and the American government know this… — Gordon Cooper
I do not espouse the unitarian position. President Clinton's assertion of directive authority over administration, more than President Reagan's assertion of a general supervisory authority,… — Elena Kagan
The only parental authority I had was the studio. When I was a star, there was always somebody with me, to guard me. I was… — June Allyson
The dilemma of the critic has always been that if he knows enough to speak with authority, he knows too much to speak with detachment. — Raymond Chandler
Among well bred people a mutual deference is affected, contempt for others is disguised; authority concealed; attention given to each in his turn; and an… — David Hume
A new State of Israel with broad frontiers, strong and solid, with the authority of the Israel Government extending from the Jordan to the Suez… — Moshe Dayan
When someone with the authority of a teacher, say, describes the world and you are not in it, there is a moment of psychic disequilibrium,… — Adrienne Rich
We respect the role of the Senate. We respect the authority of the Senate to look at the qualifications of Judge Roberts, and at the… — Alberto Gonzales
Perhaps even more than constituted authority, it is social uniformity and sameness that harass the individual most. — Emma Goldman
Whoever is a complete person does not need to be an authority. — Max Stirner
One of the great compliments paid the Savior was that he taught as one having authority. The missionary who knows scripture and can quote it… — Gordon B. Hinckley
When I played, I received racial abuse but I was just one of a few black players and we weren't backed up by the authorities. — Ruud Gullit
And whatever their publicized angst over Saddam Hussein's 'weapons of mass destruction,' American and British authorities were also concerned about violence in an area that… — Alan Greenspan
Of course, Israel cannot be expected to negotiate with anyone who is dedicated to its destruction. But while I know you have had differences with… — Barack Obama

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