Authority Quotes

It was necessary to bluff the Japanese camp commanders, with whatever authority I could muster, that I had come officially to ensure that the surrender terms were being complied with and that living conditions for the POWs were being immediately improved.

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

I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself.

For a war to be just three conditions are necessary - public authority, just cause, right motive.

His authority on earth allows us to dare to go to all the nations. His authority in heaven gives us our only hope of success. And His presence with us leaves us no other choice.

The disappearance of a sense of responsibility is the most far-reaching consequence of submission to authority.

American democracy must be a failure because it places the supreme authority in the hands of the poorest and most ignorant part of the society.

Those who enjoy responsibility usually get it; those who merely like exercising authority usually lose it.

Moral authority has been laid to rest, world opinion is no more than a game show and the difference between good and evil is about as relevant as changing channels.

The tensions between authority and the people need to be heard, especially when they are suffering and they can't eat.

There is no moral authority like that of sacrifice.

There are millions of kids who, naturally, if we could only remember how it is - you know, you resent authority, you are impatient for change, you want to fix things up.

I get involved if a problem comes up after the death has been investigated by the local authority.

But because our organization has grown so much and in so many different ways, the delegation process places responsibility and authority on the shoulders of people you can watch grow and watch the way they treat others.

The decisions of law courts should never be printed: in the long run, they form a counter authority to the law.

Where the people possess no authority, their rights obtain no respect.

In liberal democracy and anxious anarchy, the traditional classic dance, compact of aristocratic authority and absolute freedom in a necessity of order, has never been so promising as an independent expression as it is today.

Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.

There's a certain way you stand to give yourself authority, which gives you the texture for the part. I chose that my character hadn't been married, he'd worked his way up the chain of command. For a small cameo role, I gave it a lot of thought.

You will launch many projects, but have time to finish only a few. So think, plan, develop, launch and tap good people to be responsible. Give them authority and hold them accountable. Trying to do too much yourself creates a bottleneck.

Does it follow that I reject all authority? Perish the thought. In the matter of boots, I defer to the authority of the boot-maker.

Authority must be respected and chosen wisely.

And I have been campaigning for the past three months trying to get the Senate Judiciary Committee that has the oversight authority and responsibility to start its own public hearings.

Authority pisses me off. I think everyone should be able to drink and get loud whenever they want.

Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.

All I did was ask for rights. I didn't attack anyone. I didn't harass anyone. I didn't oppose the system or the country or the authority. All I said is, 'Why can't I drive?'

I've always had trouble with authority.

The dead and past stories that I have told again in divers fashions, are not set down without authority.

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

I developed a resistance to authority. Not to discipline - I learned that. But to authority. I like to think for myself. And I like to cause trouble.