Authority Quotes

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Ours is an age of criticism, to which everything must be subjected. The sacredness of religion, and the authority of legislation, are by many regarded… — Immanuel Kant
Public office is a public trust, the authority and opportunities of which must be used as absolutely as the public moneys for the public benefit,… — Unknown Author
I would not believe in the Gospel if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do so. — Saint Augustine
All authority of any kind, especially in the field of thought and understanding, is the most destructive, evil thing. Leaders destroy the followers and followers… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
The strongest wish of a vast number of earnest men and women to-day is for a basis of religious belief which shall rest, not upon… — William Ralph Inge
For Aboriginal leaders, the social and moral obligation that comes with community leadership is life-long. Those who lead, who have authority, must care for and… — Patrick Dodson
Authority is God ordained, but authoritarianism and raw power, in almost all forms, is dangerous. — James Dobson
Let us rededicate ourselves to the principle that all Americans have the tools to make the most of their God-given potential. For Indian tribes and… — William J. Clinton
The central role in the fight against terrorism is with national authorities. — Gijs de Vries
Those who keep the masses of men in subjection by exercising force and cruelty deprive them at once of two vital foods, liberty and obedience;… — Simone Weil
It is surely time for men to think for themselves, and to throw off the authority of names so artificially magnified. — Thomas Jefferson
I no longer gave a sick dog's drop for the wisdom, the reliability and the authority of the public's literary mind, those creeps and old… — Norman Mailer
I distrust summaries, any kind of gliding through time, any too great a claim that one is in control of what one recounts; I think… — Harold Brodkey
"We will coordinate efforts of the PLO with responsible authorities in Jordan in all fields - politically, militarily and materially..." "It was very probable that… — Unknown Author
Our firm view is that the president has no legal authority, none whatsoever, to commit American troops to war in the Persian Gulf or anywhere… — George J. Mitchell
The man who can face vilification and disgrace, who can stand up against the popular current, even against his friends and his country when he… — Alexander Berkman
The working masses of men and women, they and they alone, are responsible for everything that takes place, the good things and the bad things.… — Wilhelm Reich
[D]iscipline consists in this, that the men who undergo the instruction and have followed it for a certain time are completely deprived of everything which… — Leo Tolstoy
It is because peaceful agitation and passive resistance are effective that I uphold them, and it is because force strengthens tyranny that I condemn it.… — Benjamin Tucker
What we call fiction is the ancient way of knowing, the total discourse that antedates all the special vocabularies....Fiction is democratic, it reasserts the authority… — E L Doctorow
English grammar is so complex and confusing for the one very simple reason that its rules and terminology are based on Latin - a language… — Bill Bryson
For most of us the rules of English grammar are at best a dimly remembered thing. But even for those who make the rules, grammatical… — Bill Bryson
In fiction there can be no appeal to any authority outside the book itself. . . . the thing has to look true, and that… — Percy Lubbock
I will be writing to the relevant authorities to complain, but I'm wasting my breath. — Joe Royle
Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority: still… — Lord Acton

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