Authority Quotes

A quotation in a speech, article or book is like a rifle in the hands of an infantryman. It speaks with authority.

The kingdom of God is an order of government established by divine authority. It is the only legal government that can exist in any part of the universe.

Death is the sanction of everything the story-teller can tell. He has borrowed his authority from death.

The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.

We have disciplinary authority and will use it when appropriate.

Nor bigots who but one way see, through blinkers of authority.

Well, our statute provides us with authority to conduct a very broad inquiry basically to provide an investigation of 9/11 that's thorough, complete and will withstand the scrutiny of history.

Literature isn't a moral beauty contest. Its power arises from the authority and audacity with which the impersonation is pulled off; the belief it inspires is what counts.

The catchword I use with my classes is: The authority of the writer always overcomes the skepticism of the reader.

So too, in forming a constitution, or in enacting rules of procedure, or making canons, the people do not merely passively assent, but actively cooperate. They have, in all these matters, the same authority as the clergy.

My only purpose is to teach children to rebel against authority figures.

Rather than undermining the Palestinian Authority, it is in Israel's interests to strengthen it by... continuing to transfer Palestinian tax revenues and pursuing other avenues of cooperation.

The more she rejected us the more convinced I was that she was another version of the real Molly, her disdain for authority, her scepticism that she had to do what the white man told her because it was good for her... She is Molly.

I have been given the authority over you, and I am not the best of you. If I do well, help me; and if I do wrong, set me right. Sincere regard for truth.

I think there ought to be a strict separation or wall built between our religious faith and our practice of political authority in office. I don't think the President of the United States should extoll Christianity if he happens to be a Christian at the expense of Judaism, Islam or other faiths.

Any commander who fails to exceed his authority is not of much use to his subordinates.

In my day, the president ruled with authority before the law, but now all that is lost.

Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.

We have to give value to authority. We have to give value to office, being in office, holding office.

Do I think it's OK to fight authority as long as you're only talking about the high school teacher? No.

I am a liberated woman. And I do believe if a woman does equal work she should be paid equal money. But personally I am feminine and I do like male authority to lean on.

In most of Pakistan it is a feudal country. People are very scared and oppressed by authority. But when you move to these wilder areas, they are not so easily suppressed.

The issue is whether the ultimate civil authority of the United States can tolerate actions in contempt of constitutional lines of authority. Any lessening of civil power over military power must inevitably lead away from democracy.

Cameras in classrooms are no substitute for greater authority by parents and teachers.

In order to be a lieutenant, you've got to have authority in your voice. No matter how young your face looks, you've got to let your guys know that you're in charge.

Central authority is bad. The bias should be for freedom. And without a central authority, there are lots of little authorities, and we learn which ones to trust.

I believe that if Israel were to put an end to the settlements in the West Bank tomorrow, as it did in Gaza, there would still be reluctance on the part of the Palestinian Authority to recognize Israel's right to exist as a Jewish secular democracy.

Israeli Arabs have more political rights than any other Arabs in the Middle East, including their compatriots in the Palestinian Authority.

After so many cases of terror attacks related to Islamic militancy remaining unresolved in the last few years, the government has no moral authority to stay in power.

The proper balance between individual liberty and central authority is a very ancient problem.