America Quote by Elmer Davis

America has always been a country of amateurs where the professional, that is to say, the man who claims authority as a member of…

— W. H. Auden

The tendency everywhere in America to concentrate power and responsibility in one man is unmistakable.

— James Bryce

Historically, America has answered to a higher authority.

— Lee Greenwood

We [americans] have earned the moral authority, at least compared to anybody else in the world.

— Chuck Todd

We've gone all the way from foolishly accepting authority to foolishly rejecting all authority.

— Eric Metaxas

America is not a country that wanders around trusting people with power. This is a country that wants accountability.

— Newt Gingrich

Questioning authority can hardly be called our national pastime. We even make a philosophy out of fear. Fatalism, destiny, karma... are the favourite cultural…

— Mahesh Bhatt

All authority is quite degrading. It degrades those who exercise it, and it degrades those over whom it is exercised.

— Oscar Wilde

This is the story of America. Everybody's doing what they think they're supposed to do.

— Jack Kerouac

All authority comes from the people.

— Michael Davies

The great majority of people have a strong need for authority which they can admire, to which they can submit, and which dominates and…

— Sigmund Freud

All authority belongs to the people.

— Thomas Jefferson