Authority Quotes - Page 17

Obedience is an emblem of our faith in the wisdom and power of the highest authority, even God.

I think most Americans have an innate respect for the police and for their authority.

We can expect the climate crisis industry to grow increasingly shrill, and increasingly hostile toward anyone who questions their authority.

Creation implies authority in the sense of originator.

No Government has the moral authority to dismantle the universally understood meaning of marriage.

Examples of vicious courses practiced in a domestic circle corrupt more readily and more deeply when we behold them in persons in authority.

The truth is, if we don't learn to submit to authority, we won't ever learn to submit to God.

(On being in a position of leadership) Even if it's your dog, you've got authority over somebody. Start treating him better.

Every legitimate authority should respect its extent and its limits.

I'm a serial deconstructor of my own authority in certain areas.

Authority leads through position. Influence builds others out of relationship.

We now have a satisfactory solution not only to coalition forces, but also to the Iraqi authorities themselves.

I'm not really much of an actor, so when I started on 'The Daily Show', I was just trying to adopt the faux authority of a newsperson.

What evidence do we have that states are incapable of further exercising an authority they have exercised successfully for over 200 years?

The exercise of authority is odious, and they who know how to govern, leave it in abeyance as much as possible.

Authority is the unmistakeable tone in the voice of a true writer.

I will never cede the authority of our country or our security to any other nation. I'll never give a veto over American security to any other entity - not a nation, not a country, not an institution.

Since a democratic society repudiates the principle of external authority, it must find a substitute in voluntary disposition and interest; these can be created only by education.

I would rather be viewed by the reader as I'm just taking a journey with you, and here's what I'm learning, what are you learning? Oh, you do this better than me. Than to be viewed as kind of like an authority.

I want to always be viewed by my readers as a friend and not as an authority or an expert.

To resist him that is set in authority is evil

It's difficult for a society to have a healthy discourse on its future when people are afraid to gather to express themselves and authorities won't allow it.

I think people have to recognise that the traditional modes of authority weren't that great.

Nobody wants a unitary voice of authority any more.

Adhere to the Truth rather than to the personality, and take to heart the Truth rather than the authority of another.