Top 1200 Authority And Responsibility Quotes & Sayings - Page 15

When we pray in the name of Jesus, we carry the authority of heaven.

Kids have this resistance to listening to adults and authority, period.

Reasonable argument is impossible when authority becomes the arbiter.

People are always casting me for what they call my 'authority.

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

And revolutions always mean the breakdown of old authority.

Authority is permission to spew platitudes to people below you.

God is the King. In him exists all legal authority.

It's one of the guiding philosophies of my life - not fearing any authority on earth.

Though authority be a stubborn bear, yet he is oft let by the nose with gold.

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

Progress in thought is the assertion of individualism against authority.

Responsibility is a unique concept. It can only reside and inhere in a single individual. You may share it with others, but your portion is not diminished. You may delegate it, but it is still with you. You may disclaim it, but you cannot divest yourself of it. If responsibility is rightfully yours, no evasion, or ignorance or passing the blame can shift the burden to someone else. Unless you can point your finger at the man who is responsible when something goes wrong, then you have never had anyone really responsible.

Nobody wants a unitary voice of authority any more.

It is not enough these days to simply QUESTION AUTHORITY. You have to speak with it, too.

The Palestinian Authority gets money from the American taxpayer.

Wealth is a form of power in our society. With great power comes great responsibility. If you have too much wealth, ipso facto, you have too much power - therefore you have too much responsibility - and you're a kind of dictator.

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

Mayors do not have that authority to pick and choose what laws they're going to enforce.

Whoever is a complete person does not need to be an authority.

All my authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

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

Peace is not the absence of conflict it is authority over chaos.

New faces have more authority than accustomed ones.

Blind belief in authority is the greatest enemy of truth.

Obedience to lawful authority is the foundation of manly character.

I believe in a lively disrespect for most forms of authority.

A teacher should have maximal authority, and minimal power.

Science as such assuredly has no authority, for she can only say what is, not what is not.

Authority is the assumption that someone else knows better than you.

Being an English major prepares you for impersonating authority.

The man whose authority is recent is always stern.

Truth can never be reached by just listening to the voice of an authority.

The president has the authority to end this dragnet surveillance immediately

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

For mysterious things of faith, rely on the proponent, Heaven's authority.

The ultimate court of appeal is observation and experiment... not authority.

My culture and my language have the right to exist, and no one has the authority to dismiss that.

Destiny: A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure.

Why have we had such a decline in moral climate? I submit to you that a major factor has been a change in the philosophy which has been dominant, a change from belief in individual responsibility to belief in social responsibility. If you adopt the view that a man is not responsible for his own behavior, that somehow society is responsible, why should he seek to make his behavior good?

I have as much authority as the Pope, I just don't have as many people who believe it.

The first foundation for the creation of authority is always provided by popularity.

what you hear in my voice is fury, not suffering. Anger, not moral authority

Authority founded on injustice is never of long duration.

The insolence of authority is endeavoring to substitute money for ideas.

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

The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government.

I think people need to be comfortable questioning the authority of a doctor.

I cannot find any authority in the Constitution for public charity.

Even while lying, you'll be believed if you speak with authority.

There is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally bad.

What Barack Obama calls bipartisanship is not moving to the right, but finding where people who consider themselves conservatives share these fundamental American values. When he talks about union, that's the kind of thing he means. That requires common responsibility. Individual responsibility is one of the hallmarks of conservative thought. In conservative religion, you yourself are responsible for whether you get into heaven. Or with fiscal conservatives, you are the market. It's your individual discipline and market discipline.

People are always casting me for what they call my 'authority.'

Defending Congressional authority should not be a partisan issue.

Every legitimate authority should respect its extent and its limits.

I make no claim to be an authority on writing or illustrating for children.

Disobedience to authority is one of the most natural and healthy acts.

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

All lawful authority, legislative, and executive, originates from the people.

Authority has always attracted the lowest elements in the human race