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Authority Quotes: "To name the world in your own terms, to tell your own story, is an act of authority and power. When you write, you are saying, in effect, 'I have a voice. I have a story. This is what I have to say.'"

To name the world in your own terms, to tell your own story, is an act of authority and power. When you write, you are saying, in effect, 'I have a voice. I have a story. This is what I have to say.'



Authority Quotes: "The reason why the simpler sort are moved by authority is the consciousness of their own ignorance"

The reason why the simpler sort are moved by authority is the consciousness of their own ignorance




Authority Quotes: "Freedom is not a concept in which people can do anything they want, be anything they can be. Freedom is about authority."

Freedom is not a concept in which people can do anything they want, be anything they can be. Freedom is about authority.



Authority Quotes: "I don't get my authority from this preexisting paradigm which is quite narrow and only serves a few people. I look elsewhere for alternatives that might be of service to humanity."

I don't get my authority from this preexisting paradigm which is quite narrow and only serves a few people. I look elsewhere for alternatives that might be of service to humanity.




Authority Quotes: "I have never refused to talk to any authorities or give them any information I had."

I have never refused to talk to any authorities or give them any information I had.



Authority Quotes: "It is a very great mistake to imagine that the object of loyalty is the authority and interest of one individual man, however dignified by the applause or enriched by the success of popular actions."

It is a very great mistake to imagine that the object of loyalty is the authority and interest of one individual man, however dignified by the applause or enriched by the success of popular actions.



Authority Quotes: "A country is in a bad state, which is governed only by laws; because a thousand things occur for which laws cannot provide, and where authority ought to interpose."

A country is in a bad state, which is governed only by laws; because a thousand things occur for which laws cannot provide, and where authority ought to interpose.




Authority Quotes: "Lawful and settled authority is very seldom resisted when it is well employed."

Lawful and settled authority is very seldom resisted when it is well employed.



Authority Quotes: "It is almost always the unhappiness of a victorious disputant to destroy his own authority by claiming too many consequences, or diffusing his proposition to an indefensible extent."

It is almost always the unhappiness of a victorious disputant to destroy his own authority by claiming too many consequences, or diffusing his proposition to an indefensible extent.



Authority Quotes: "Everyone in a position of authority is hysterical, and everyone else is pretending to be asleep."

Everyone in a position of authority is hysterical, and everyone else is pretending to be asleep.



Authority Quotes: "The president overstepped his authority when he asked the NSA to eavesdrop on Americans' international phone calls without obtaining a warrant."

The president overstepped his authority when he asked the NSA to eavesdrop on Americans' international phone calls without obtaining a warrant.



Authority Quotes: "Whatever authority I may have rests solely on knowing how little I know."

Whatever authority I may have rests solely on knowing how little I know.




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



Authority Quotes: "Not literature alone, but society itself is wormed and rotten when language ceases to be respected not merely by advertisers and politicians, but by persons of learning and authority."

Not literature alone, but society itself is wormed and rotten when language ceases to be respected not merely by advertisers and politicians, but by persons of learning and authority.



Authority Quotes: "If there is disturbance in the camp, the general's authority is weak. If the banners and flags are shifted about, sedition is afoot. If the officers are angry, it means that the men are weary."

If there is disturbance in the camp, the general's authority is weak. If the banners and flags are shifted about, sedition is afoot. If the officers are angry, it means that the men are weary.



Authority Quotes: "I worry that there are people who are put in positions of authority because they're good talkers, but they don't have good ideas."

I worry that there are people who are put in positions of authority because they're good talkers, but they don't have good ideas.



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

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



Authority Quotes: "Guilt was the grease in which the wheels of the authority turned."

Guilt was the grease in which the wheels of the authority turned.



Authority Quotes: "Friendship is to be purchased only by friendship. A man may have authority over others, but he can never have their hearts but by giving his own."

Friendship is to be purchased only by friendship. A man may have authority over others, but he can never have their hearts but by giving his own.



Authority Quotes: "I deem no government safe which is under the vassalage of any self-constituted authorities, or any other authority than that of the nation, or its regular functionaries."

I deem no government safe which is under the vassalage of any self-constituted authorities, or any other authority than that of the nation, or its regular functionaries.



Authority Quotes: "You must learn to follow privately the Lord's bidding: not to speak empty words, not to adorn yourself, always to obey authority, not to look at a woman with desire, not to be angry and much else."

You must learn to follow privately the Lord's bidding: not to speak empty words, not to adorn yourself, always to obey authority, not to look at a woman with desire, not to be angry and much else.



Authority Quotes: "The right is absolute ... government has no authority to forbid me from owning a firearm ... the debate is not about guns. It is about freedom."

The right is absolute ... government has no authority to forbid me from owning a firearm ... the debate is not about guns. It is about freedom.



Authority Quotes: "In order to be respected, authority has got to be respectable."

In order to be respected, authority has got to be respectable.



Authority Quotes: "Wearing a hat confers undeniable authority over those without one."

Wearing a hat confers undeniable authority over those without one.



Authority Quotes: "What gives the Word of God authority is simply the fact that it is the word of God!"

What gives the Word of God authority is simply the fact that it is the word of God!



Authority Quotes: "Insurgent, he says. Noun. A person who acts in opposition to the established authority, who is not necessarily regarded as a belligerent."

Insurgent, he says. Noun. A person who acts in opposition to the established authority, who is not necessarily regarded as a belligerent.



Authority Quotes: "I have been advised by the best medical authority, at my age, not to attempt to give up alcohol."

I have been advised by the best medical authority, at my age, not to attempt to give up alcohol.



Authority Quotes: "The search for moral guidance which shall not depend upon external authority has invariably ended in the acknowledgment of some new authority."

The search for moral guidance which shall not depend upon external authority has invariably ended in the acknowledgment of some new authority.



Authority Quotes: "The burnt odor in Washington is from the disintegrating authority of the governing classes."

The burnt odor in Washington is from the disintegrating authority of the governing classes.



Authority Quotes: "The love of fame is almost another name for the love of excellence; or it is the ambition to attain the highest excellence, sanctioned by the highest authority, that of time."

The love of fame is almost another name for the love of excellence; or it is the ambition to attain the highest excellence, sanctioned by the highest authority, that of time.



Authority Quotes: "I believe I'm a better authority than anybody else in America on my own wife. I have never known a person with a stronger sense of right and wrong in my life ever."

I believe I'm a better authority than anybody else in America on my own wife. I have never known a person with a stronger sense of right and wrong in my life ever.



Authority Quotes: "Between a man and his wife nothing ought to rule but love. Authority is for children and servants, yet not without sweetness."

Between a man and his wife nothing ought to rule but love. Authority is for children and servants, yet not without sweetness.



Authority Quotes: "Though authority be a stubborn bear, yet he is oft let by the nose with gold."

Though authority be a stubborn bear, yet he is oft let by the nose with gold.



Authority Quotes: "Study is like the heaven's glorious sun, That will not be deep-searched with saucy looks: Small have continual plodders ever won, Save base authority from others' books."

Study is like the heaven's glorious sun, That will not be deep-searched with saucy looks: Small have continual plodders ever won, Save base authority from others' books.



Authority Quotes: "Thou hast seen a farmer's dog bark at a beggar? And the creature run from the cur. There thou mightst behold the great image of authority-a dog's obeyed in office."

Thou hast seen a farmer's dog bark at a beggar? And the creature run from the cur. There thou mightst behold the great image of authority-a dog's obeyed in office.



Authority Quotes: "Shall remain! Hear you this Triton of the minnows? Mark you His absolute 'shall'?"

Shall remain! Hear you this Triton of the minnows? Mark you His absolute 'shall'?



Authority Quotes: "Well, I must be patient; there is no fettering of authority."

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



Authority Quotes: "I shall drink to the Pope, if you please, still, to conscience first, and to the Pope afterwards."

I shall drink to the Pope, if you please, still, to conscience first, and to the Pope afterwards.



Authority Quotes: "Showing a lack of self-control is in the same vein granting authority to others: 'Perhaps I need someone else to control me."

Showing a lack of self-control is in the same vein granting authority to others: 'Perhaps I need someone else to control me.



Authority Quotes: "Dumbledore raised his finger for silence, a silence which fell as though he had struck Uncle Vernon dumb."

Dumbledore raised his finger for silence, a silence which fell as though he had struck Uncle Vernon dumb.



Authority Quotes: "Security is not a license for people in authority to hide the tactics they would never openly admit to using."

Security is not a license for people in authority to hide the tactics they would never openly admit to using.



Authority Quotes: "When your family is twice as weird as normal, you have to be twice as polite to authority, because authority hates weird."

When your family is twice as weird as normal, you have to be twice as polite to authority, because authority hates weird.



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

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



Authority Quotes: "Authority must be respected and chosen wisely."

Authority must be respected and chosen wisely.



Authority Quotes: "As I've taught our congregation, within the Christian faith the question of homosexuality is not a question of biblical authority, but biblical interpretation."

As I've taught our congregation, within the Christian faith the question of homosexuality is not a question of biblical authority, but biblical interpretation.



Authority Quotes: "Question authority; but, raise your hand first."

Question authority; but, raise your hand first.



Authority Quotes: "[W]e must extend the authority of the Union to the persons of the citizens - the only proper objects of government."

[W]e must extend the authority of the Union to the persons of the citizens - the only proper objects of government.



Authority Quotes: "The authority of God is behind the establishing of human authority."

The authority of God is behind the establishing of human authority.



Authority Quotes: "REPUBLIC, n. A nation in which, the thing governing and the thing governed being the same, there is only a permitted authority to enforce an optional obedience."

REPUBLIC, n. A nation in which, the thing governing and the thing governed being the same, there is only a permitted authority to enforce an optional obedience.