Authority Quotes - Page 6

In theatre, presence is the matrix of power; the postmodern theatre of resistance must therefore both expose the collusion of presence with authority and resist such collusion by refusing to establish itself as the charismatic Other.

There is no moral authority like that of sacrifice.

I'm disrespectful towards authority. I think the prime minister of Ireland is a gobshite.

Few things are more laughably pitiable than authority once it has been successfully defied.

Nearly everywhere monarchs raised themselves further above the level of the greatest nobles and buttressed their new pretensions to respect and authority with cannons and taxation.

Free discussion requires an atmosphere unembarrassed by any suggestion of authority or even respect.

The difficulty that contestation must be done in the name of an authority is resolved this: I contest in the name of contestation what experience itself is.

New faces have more authority than accustomed ones.

Being yielded to God's authority keeps us pliable and open-minded to a possible change of plans.

You cannot have more than one leader worldwide. So, you would only have one Caliph for all of the Muslim world, so whoever that is, he would have authority over all of the Muslim land and wherever the Sharia is implemented.

Our rulers can have authority over such natural rights only as we have submitted to them.

The answer is to say 'No!' to authority when authority is wrong.

Management is formal authority given from above. Leadership is moral authority given from below and all around.

I could not accept that organizational interpretations, based on shifting human reasoning, could ever be made equal in authority to the actual statements found in God's unchangeable Word.

Anarchism as a political philosophy seeks to dissolve all forms of authority and power, and if possible, wishes their complete abolition.

I do not like to be called a samurai, but I admit that I have an image of myself as a fighter. I would like to fight against all authorities and powers.

Great is the power, great is the authority of a senate that is unanimous in its opinions.

Nothing overshadows truth so much as authority.

When all authority of every kind is put aside, denied, then you can find out for yourself.

If a rhinoceros were to enter this restaurant now, there is no denying he would have great power here. But I should be the first to rise and assure him that he had no authority whatever.

Power on the one side, fear on the other, are always the buttresses on which irrational authority is built.

But the wisdom and authority of the legislator are seldom victorious in a contest with the vigilant dexterity of private interest.

I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.

One of the great commandments of science is: 'Mistrust arguments from authority.'

You have authority over every storm you can sleep in