Authority Quotes

Authority has every reason to fear the skeptic, for authority can rarely survive in the face of doubt.

Don't name it, as they say, because instantly you offer it to this peculiar authority.

Since when have we Americans been expected to bow submissively to authority and speak with awe and reverence to those who represent us?

At various times during the last four thousand years God has asserted his rights and endeavoured to establish his own authority, his own laws, and his own government among the children of men.

Well we'd just seen Gerry. I think he wanted somebody who had that authority and was handsome. The thing is, he's a big hunk isn't he? All I can say, if you look at his chat line, or the Phantom website, it's quite worrying. Because the girls really seem to love him.

Lawyer acted without authority from our band. He had no right to sell the Wallowa country.

There are some classified documents there that we received from the CIA. Our arrangement with the CIA was that we could by mutual agreement declassify these documents, but we had no authority to unilaterally declassify them.

In some South Pacific cultures, a speaker holds a conch shell as a symbol of temporary position of authority. Leaders must understand who holds the conch that is, who should be listened to and when.