Authority Quotes

To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough to make me ambitious.

To say that authority, whether secular or religious, supplies no ground for morality is not to deny the obvious fact that it supplies a sanction.

Blanche is written with a terrible authority, the authority that comes from artistic necessity when the writer is compelled to write by his demon, rather than by his agent or promoter.

As a result of my study, I came to the conclusion that a common supreme authority was undesirable.

Though no one wants war, Congress needed to give the President the authority he needs to protect America while encouraging the use of diplomacy and negotiations to try and arrive at a peaceful solution to this problem.

I think the Supreme Court does have the authority, which is not used, to declare a blanket right for all people, all adults.

I did have a feeling then that the culture of factuality was so dominating that storytelling had lost all its authority.

But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go.