Best 817 quotes in «authority quotes» category

An evil nature wielding great authority brings misfortune upon the community.

Another reform I`m proposing is the passage of legislation named for Detective Michael Davis and Deputy Sheriff Danny Oliver, two law enforcement officers recently killed by a previously deported illegal immigrant. The Davis-Oliver bill will enhance cooperation with state and local authorities to ensure that criminal immigrants and terrorists are swiftly, really swiftly, identified and removed. And they will go fast, believe me. They`re going to go.

Answers given with authority negate the search for truth.

Any acceptance of authority is the very denial of truth.

Any society that derives its power and authority from the will of man alone lives apart from God and will crumble in the end.

A press that has validity is a press that has authority. And as soon as there's any authority to what the press says, you question the authority of the government - it's like the existence of another authority.

A revolution is an act of violence whereby one class shatters the authority of another.

Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution, of course, lays out the delegated, enumerated, and therefore limited powers of Congress. Only through a deliberate misreading of the general welfare and commerce clauses of the Constitution has the federal government been allowed to overreach its authority and extend its tendrils into every corner of civil society.

A state that privatizes most of its functions will inevitably defend itself by employing its own people as mercenaries

As Australians, we see the law as inherently bad. We have a real inherent distaste for authority in our makeup.

As the beauty of the picture depends not on the painter but on the picture itself, what I say must depend on its own intrinsic value and not on the authority of my attainment, nor on the authority of others.

As a result of my study, I came to the conclusion that a common supreme authority was undesirable.

As Cuba's leader, Castro answered to no one and allowed no challenge to his authority.

As soon as we abandon our own reason, and are content to rely upon authority, there is no end to our troubles.

As things are brought back under Christ's rule and authority, they are restored to health, beauty, and freedom.

A substantial proportion of people do what they are told to do, irrespective of the content of the act, and without pangs of conscience, so long as they perceive that the command comes from a legitimate authority.

As writers we must, from our very opening sentence, speak with authority to our readers.

As your organizational authority increases, your organizational IQ decreases.

Authority is quite degrading.

Authority does not equal competency. Pass decisions down to those who can best handle them.

Authority is always built on service and sacrifice.

Authority, without any condition and reservation, belongs to the nation.

Authority figures are so irritating. Because they always tell you to do things for reasons that aren't very good. That sums up what authority is about for me.

Authority is supposedly grounded in wisdom, but I could see from a very early age that authority was only a system of control and it didn't have any inherent wisdom. I quickly realised that you either became a power or you were crushed

Authority poisons everybody who takes authority on himself.

Authority. The antithesis of science.

Authority does not equal competency.

Authority's for sharing only when the sharer is sure of his (or hers).

A Western upbringing tends to stress questioning authority, which is always asking why, why, why.

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

Authority must be respected and chosen wisely.

But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go.

Being an English major prepares you for impersonating authority.

Being yielded to God's authority keeps us pliable and open-minded to a possible change of plans.

Bullies thrive wherever authority is weak

But my patience isn't limitless... unlike my authority.

But I was amazed at how organized the Palestinian election authority was, how competent they were in setting up their polling places and the poll workers they had.

But in our age the appeal to authority is weak, and I am of my age.

Cease to be ruled by dogmas and authorities; look at the world!

But the wisdom and authority of the legislator are seldom victorious in a contest with the vigilant dexterity of private interest.

Capitalism’s concept of competitive man who seeks only to maximize wealth and power, who subjects himself to market relationships, to exploitation and external authority, is anti-human and intolerable in the deepest sense

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.

Commander, I always used to consider that you had a definite anti-authoritarian streak in you.” “Sir?” “It seems that you have managed to retain this even though you are authority.” “Sir?” “That’s practically zen.

College is the only place where you can rebel by doing exactly what people in authority tell you to do.

Civil disobedience is a stimulation for the fighters and a challenge to the opponent, in the present instance, authority.

Could you please explain to me exactly what the staff is that you carry?" Cronus proudly held the symbol of his power and authority aloft. "It is the scepter that denotes my control of the Physical Realms. All who defy me should look on it and tremble." "Oh, I see! Do you know, I thought it was a giant toothpick, or perhaps something you shoved into other parts of you anatomy. I never realized it represented your supposed right to rule," said Her Vampiric Majesty lightly.

Concepts that have proven useful in ordering things easily achieve such authority over us that we forget their earthly origins and accept them as unalterable givens.

Convention is the ruler of all.

Crack-brained meddling by the authorities [can] aggravate an existing crisis.

Creation implies authority in the sense of originator.