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Last updated on April 16, 2025.
I bow before the authority of special men because it is imposed upon me by my own reason.
The people are hungry: It is because those in authority eat up too much in taxes.
I get involved if a problem comes up after the death has been investigated by the local authority.
Power on the one side, fear on the other, are always the buttresses on which irrational authority is built.
To be sure, the vast majority of people who are untrained can accept the results of science only on authority.
My pride had been starched by a family who assumed unlimited authority in its own affairs.
If you think someone committed a crime, you should turn them in to whomever you perceive authority to be.
The proper balance between individual liberty and central authority is a very ancient problem.
[Partly as a consequence of male authority] prestige value always attaches to the activities of men.
A quotation in a speech, article or book is like a rifle in the hands of an infantryman. It speaks with authority.
One of the things that I want to make sure everybody understands is that when you delegate the authority, you have to set the standard.
I did have a feeling then that the culture of factuality was so dominating that storytelling had lost all its authority.
[Satan] has been thoroughly defeated and only holds people by usurped authority and power.
It was strange, how readily authority could be conjured with nothing but a bit of strutting jackassery.
We vote for politicians with lower voices, it's true, because we associate depth with power and with authority.
Only Congress has the authority to adequately and holistically address our broken immigration system.
There is great joy in leading with authority, which is serving others by meeting their legitimate needs.
You can become anything you want to be ... It's a matter of authority. Whatever a man's confidence, that's his capacity.
The less people know about what is really going on, the easier it is to wield power and authority.
Questioning authority is, I think, a great thing to instill in children. I just didn't have enough of that when I was little.
Holy Scripture is the highest authority for every believer, the standard of faith and the foundation for reform.
When all authority of every kind is put aside, denied, then you can find out for yourself.
But the wisdom and authority of the legislator are seldom victorious in a contest with the vigilant dexterity of private interest.
It's always interesting when you play a part and then suddenly people think you're an authority on the subject.
[W]e must extend the authority of the Union to the persons of the citizens - the only proper objects of government.
My father represented authority, which meant—to me—that he could not also represent understanding.
A consultation process is what some authority sets in motion preparatory to doing what it intended all along.
Show me the man who keeps his house in hand, He's fit for public authority.
Zero Mostel wasn't afraid of authority in any form, and that's the part that influenced me the most.
You can never give complete authority and overall power to anyone until trust can be proven.
It seems to be my destiny to discourse on truth, insofar as I discover it, in such a way that all possible authority is simultaneously demolished.
The only authority I respect is the one that causes butterflies to fly south in fall and north in springtime.
I think teenagers at any time are testing to see how far they can go and where authority comes in.
It should go without saying that regular citizens have no authority to arrest or detain anyone.
The Nobel Prize confers on an individual an authority which in economics no man ought to possess.
In their nomination to office they will not appoint to the exercise of authority as to a pitiful job, but as to a holy function.
We are the only authority on what is good for us. Once we see this, we feel an enormous peace and freedom.
The authority you establish must emerge naturally from your character, from the particular strengths you possess.
Messy love is better than none, I guess. I am no authority on sane living.
If a murder is committed privately it is considered a crime. But if it happens with the authority of the state, they call it courage.
One of the important lessons I learned from my parents is always to respect authority figures like teachers.
Listen to authority figures because of their position, but only believe them if they can explain why.
The credulous ... advance the authority of hearsay in place of reasons for possible success or facts that can be demonstrated.
There's a lot of ignorance in our business... Everybody's an authority. To have your own vision is rewarding.
The United States recognizes the provisional government as the de facto authority of the new State of Israel.
The exercise of authority is odious, and they who know how to govern, leave it in abeyance as much as possible.
Relationships are negotiated and if you deal with ultimatums and authority all the time, then you're not going to get anywhere.
I've always had a problem with authority. I just can't wear a suit - it would kill me.
Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.
In general, women desire to rule over their husbands and lovers, to be the authority above them.
I have been advised by the best medical authority, at my age, not to attempt to give up alcohol.
When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened.
[Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]
The state treasurer has authority to weigh in and take leadership roles on taxing and spending legislation.
The infantile cowardice of our time which demands an external pattern, a nonhuman authority.
Every actor strives to be in the moment, and when you're on a horse, you constantly have to communicate with it and assert your authority.
The space you occupy and the authority you exercise may be measured with mathematical exactness by the service you render.
As things are brought back under Christ's rule and authority, they are restored to health, beauty, and freedom.
Artists will always depend on the brick-and-mortar ecosystem to establish authority and context.
Obedience is an emblem of our faith in the wisdom and power of the highest authority, even God.
All progress in knowledge takes place through the correction of that which has been received on authority.
