Authority Quotes - Page 14

Perhaps even more than constituted authority, it is social uniformity and sameness that harass the individual most.

The Parliament in Canada and the Congress in Washington do not have the authority to revoke the commandments of God, or to modify or amend them in any way.

The method of authority will always govern the mass of mankind; and those who wield the various forms of organized force in the state will never be convinced that dangerous reasoning ought not to be suppressed in some way.

Authority and example lead the world.

PLENIPOTENTIARY, adj. Having full power. A Minister Plenipotentiary is a diplomatist possessing absolute authority on condition that he never exert it.

We have to recognize that there is a Palestinian entity, that the PLO and the Palestinian Authority has to run their life.

Much of the blame for the situation lies with the states themselves. They haven't been able to pass decent laws. For decades, tax authorities have been taking aim at the phenomenon of tax havens, and the most aggravating thing is that they aren't just in Bermuda or on the Cayman Islands, but right outside our front door.

My father represented authority, which meant—to me—that he could not also represent understanding.

I'm not wild about accepting responsibility without authority. Why should my people be?

Example acquires tenfold authority when it speaks from the grave.

Let no thought pass incognito, and keep your notebook as strictly as the authorities keep their register of aliens.

"True expertise is the most potent form of authority."

I don't feel I can speak with authority for many other people.

Listen to authority figures because of their position, but only believe them if they can explain why.

Producers don't really have any authority because you are paid by the artist, and if they choose to ignore you, they can. Your power only hangs by the tiniest thread. If you pull it too hard it will snap.

As things are brought back under Christ's rule and authority, they are restored to health, beauty, and freedom.

Almost always, executive orders are within an authority and always within the purview of Congress to change if they want to legislatively change it.

Self-possession is the backbone of authority.

The custom of the Church has very great authority and ought to be jealously observed in all things.

Commander, I always used to consider that you had a definite anti-authoritarian streak in you.” “Sir?” “It seems that you have managed to retain this even though you are authority.” “Sir?” “That’s practically zen.

He sighed. It had come to this. He was a responsible authority, and people could use terms like "core values" at him with impunity.

The president doesn't have the authority to change the law or ignore the law, and that's what Obama tried to do.

After forty years, with whatever authority comes from lived experience, I can say: You, too, can create something. You can nurture it and watch it grow.

Just because people are in authority, if it doesn't seem right, don't do it. If it violates your own principles, don't do it.

His voice carried authority the way Ben & Jerry's carries calories.