Authority Quotes

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I am building a stairway to the stars. I have the authority to take the whole of mankind up there with me. That is why… — Bessie Head
A good teacher, after all, wields the authority of a parent with none of the psychological baggage. The best of them are semi-mysterious figures whose… — Steve Almond
The Swift Boat Veterans for Truth disputed whether John Kerry deserved some of his five medals. A large part of Kerry's defense was an appeal… — James Taranto
Laws that oppress people have no moral authority — Richard Stallman
I had to delegate authority to the people on my staff. That means you shave away the hierarchy. — Jurgen Klinsmann
Thou hast seen a farmer's dog bark at a beggar? And the creature run from the cur. There thou mightst behold the great image of… — William Shakespeare
As things are brought back under Christ's rule and authority, they are restored to health, beauty, and freedom. — Timothy Keller
Our freedom to doubt was born out of a struggle against authority in the early days of science. It was a very deep and strong… — Richard P. Feynman
We may first observe that communism and socialism--which we shall hereafter group together and dub Statism--cannot live with Christianity nor with any religion that postulates… — J. Reuben Clark
If you're not confident in the authority of the Scriptures, you will be a slave to what sounds right. — Matt Chandler
Thieves for their robbery have authority When judges steal themselves. — William Shakespeare
It hardly needs explaining at length, I think, how much authority or beauty is added to style by the timely use of proverbs. In the… — Desiderius Erasmus
Elect me to office. I will protect and defend the U.S. Constitution. Because there's no constitutional authority for Congress spending on the objects of benevolence,… — Walter E. Williams
The credulous ... advance the authority of hearsay in place of reasons for possible success or facts that can be demonstrated. — Vannoccio Biringuccio
But because our organization has grown so much and in so many different ways, the delegation process places responsibility and authority on the shoulders of… — Vince McMahon
If we are willing to concede the President dictatorial authority where we happen to agree with him, as liberals have tended to do over the… — George McGovern
So the Clinton-Gore era culminates with an election as stained as the blue dress, a Democratic chorus complaining that the Constitution should not be the… — George Will
Giving people like Dodd and Frank more authority is like rewarding an arsonist with gasoline and matches. — Daniel J. Mitchell
TENACITY, n. A certain quality of the human hand in its relation to the coin of the realm. It attains its highest development in the… — Ambrose Bierce
The Liberals have been pressing for the brief on the basis of which he said there was authority for war. — Clare Short
One of the great commandments of science is, 'Mistrust arguments from authority'. (Scientists, being primates, and thus given to dominance hierarchies, of course do not… — Carl Sagan
The only safe and honorable course for a self-respecting man is to do what I have decided to do, that is, to submit without protest… — Mahatma Gandhi
All this is labour which never meets the eye.... But too open and generous a revelation of the chapter and the page of the original… — Isaac D'Israeli
The art of quotation requires more delicacy in the practice than those conceive who can see nothing more in a quotation than an extract. Whenever… — Isaac D'Israeli
This is one of the results of that adventurous spirit which is now stalking forth and raging for its own innovations. We have not only… — Isaac D'Israeli

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