Authority Quotes

All wars come to an end, at least temporarily. But the authority acquired by the state hangs on; political power never abdicates.

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.

I voted no on the resolution to give the president authority to go to war against Iraq. I was able to apply caveat emptor. Most of my colleagues could not.

In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.

New faces have more authority than accustomed ones.

Your former Fathers the Spaniards have now no further Authority over you.

In other words, the Church acknowledges Science as the higher authority.

The National Intelligence Director needs the authority to do the job we are asking him to do. That means power over the intelligence budget. And to be effective, to be allowed to do his or her job, they must have authority over the budget.

Our second remark is, that the office is of divine appointment, not merely in the sense in which the civil powers are ordained of God, but in the sense that ministers derive their authority from Christ, and not from the people.

Of course the UN brings in a lot of moral authority.

Of course the UN brings in a lot of moral authority.

My desire to devolve authority has nothing to do with a wish to shirk responsibility.

Democrats believe we must have comprehensive health care reform that includes giving the federal government authority to negotiate lower prices with drug companies.

Knowledge is that possession that no misfortune can destroy, no authority can revoke, and no enemy can control. This makes knowledge the greatest of all freedoms.

Now they call in all of the authority figures they can find and hire them - the cost has gone up. The picture may or may not get better, but definitely, it gets more cumbersome.

Of course the UN brings in a lot of moral authority.

I do not espouse the unitarian position. President Clinton's assertion of directive authority over administration, more than President Reagan's assertion of a general supervisory authority, raises serious constitutional questions.

Think for yourself and question authority.

To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough to make me ambitious.

To say that authority, whether secular or religious, supplies no ground for morality is not to deny the obvious fact that it supplies a sanction.

Blanche is written with a terrible authority, the authority that comes from artistic necessity when the writer is compelled to write by his demon, rather than by his agent or promoter.

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

Though no one wants war, Congress needed to give the President the authority he needs to protect America while encouraging the use of diplomacy and negotiations to try and arrive at a peaceful solution to this problem.

I think the Supreme Court does have the authority, which is not used, to declare a blanket right for all people, all adults.

I did have a feeling then that the culture of factuality was so dominating that storytelling had lost all its authority.

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.

I didn't have any concept of age or authority. I remember realising, Oh, the world has rules and we don't.

The individual makes a clear effort to define moral values and principles that have validity and application apart from the authority of the groups of persons holding them and apart from the individual's own identification with the group.

It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law.

I prize the conditions under which I have lived because they have permitted me to choose my opportunities, to inquire into such matters as interested me, and to publish what I believed to be true, uncontrolled by any central authority.