Best 817 quotes in «authority quotes» category

To be vested with enormous authority is a fine thing; but to have the on-looking world consent to it is finer.

To leave positions of great responsibility and authority is to die a little, but the time comes when that must be faced.

To have religion upon authority, and not upon conviction, is like a finger-watch, to be set forwards or backwards, as he pleases that has it in keeping.

To defy the authority of empirical evidence is to disqualify oneself as someone worthy of critical engagement in a dialogue.

Trade wars arent started by countries appealing to respected, independent trade authorities. Rather, trade wars begin when one country decides to violate international trade rules to undercut another countrys industries.

Top-down authority structures turn employees into bootlickers, breed pointless struggles for political advantage, and discourage dissent.

To me art is a form of manifest revolt, total and complete... with Dada I also have in common a certain mistrust towards power. We don't like authority, we don't like power.

"True expertise is the most potent form of authority.

True Leadership is the authority given by the trust of the followers to use power for the benefit of all.

True leaders respect and honor authority but are comfortable in its presence.

Universities are less constrained by authority and rigid doctrine in the United States than in most other societies, to my knowledge.

... truth ... carries authority with it; while falsehood and lies skulk under a load of words, without having the power of persuasion; the more they attempt to show themselves, the more they are entangled.

Virtues are dangerous as vices insofar as they are allowed to rule over one as authorities and not as qualities one develops oneself.

Unbelief is like gravity, it's always pulling down on the authority of Scripture.

Until the will and the affections are brought under the authority of Christ, we have not begun to understand, let alone to accept, His lordship.

Unless Hamas recognizes Israel's right to exist and renounces terror, the Palestinian Authority should receive no direct U.S. assistance.

Wearing a hat confers undeniable authority over those without one.

War and Authority are companions; Peace and Liberty are companions.

We [americans] have earned the moral authority, at least compared to anybody else in the world.

We can expect the climate crisis industry to grow increasingly shrill, and increasingly hostile toward anyone who questions their authority.

We do not just blindly concede control to authorities; instead we follow the cues provided by our moral communities on how best to behave.

We don't name God; God reveals His name to us. We don't have the right to exercise authority over God. God copyrights, He trademarks, He patents His name.

We could never verify that there was any Iraqi authority, direction and control, complicity with al Qaeda for 9/11 or any operational act against America. Period.

We believe that the people are the source of all governmental power; that the authority of the people is to be extended, not restricted.

We know that Seattle is mentioned frequently ... a computer was found in Afghanistan showing pictures of Seattle-area landmarks. So we are in constant contact with the FBI and with other federal authorities.

We have to recognize that there is a Palestinian entity, that the PLO and the Palestinian Authority has to run their life.

Well, I must be patient; there is no fettering of authority.

We have to repair that trust ... I think anytime a public official lies, he undermines his own authority and squanders the public trust.

We will end the sanctuary cities that have resulted in so many needless deaths. Cities that refuse to cooperate with federal authorities will not receive taxpayer dollars, and we will work with Congress to pass legislation to protect those jurisdictions that do assist federal authorities.

We now have a satisfactory solution not only to coalition forces, but also to the Iraqi authorities themselves.

We write out of our humanity by writing through our direct experience. That which is most personal is most general, which becomes both our insight and protection as a writers. This is our authority as women, as human beings.

What is held by the whole Church, and that not as instituted by Councils, but as a matter of invariable custom, is rightly held to have been handed down by authority.

What evidence do we have that states are incapable of further exercising an authority they have exercised successfully for over 200 years?

What Obama did wrong with executive power is he tried to change the law. He tried to ignore the law. And under the Constitution, Article I, all legislative authority is vested in Congress.

We must always keep in mind all legitimate authority is from God, and is given for protection, provision, and peace.

What you allow you encourage.

What we must eliminate are systems of representation that carry with them the authority which has become repressive because it doesn't permit or make room for interventions on the part of those represented.

When all authority of every kind is put aside, denied, then you can find out for yourself.

When anyone becomes an authority, that is the end of him as far as development is concerned.

When authority is backed up by an immediate physical compulsion, what we are dealing with is not authority proper (i.e. symbolic authority), but simply an agency of brute force.

What is new in our time is the increased power of the authorities to enforce their prejudices.

When God calls, it has the intensity of a shout and the authority of a summons. When He calls, He secures His own desired results.

When I played, I received racial abuse but I was just one of a few black players and we weren't backed up by the authorities.

What you need is sustained outrage...there's far too much unthinking respect given to authority.

Whenever there is authority, there is a natural inclination to disobedience.

When it comes to holdouts, there's a presupposition that the player is some angry rebel who's defying authority and only cares about the money.

When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]

When people do not dread authorities, then a greater dread descends.

When I was a kid I respected authority, then as a teenager I gave none; in middle age I expected it; now in old age I live by the word.

When we consistently suppress and distrust our intuitive knowingness, looking instead for authority, validation, and approval from others, we give our personal power away.