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In Britain the power of authority was weakened. There was much more individual freedom and there was great academic freedom.
I had the greatest respect for the authorities of my day--until I studied things for myself, and came to my own conclusions.
Ten thousand things there are which we believe merely upon the authority or credit of those who have spoken or written them.
I think the Supreme Court does have the authority, which is not used, to declare a blanket right for all people, all adults.
The score must govern the music. It must have authority, and not merely be an arbitrary jumping-off point for improvisation.
(On being in a position of leadership) Even if it's your dog, you've got authority over somebody. Start treating him better.
The Constitution gives the Congress absolute authority within the District of Columbia on any legislative issues whatsoever.
I became obnoxious to the Jacobins because I reprobated their aristocracy, which aimed at usurping all legitimate 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.
I talk with the authority of failure - Ernest with the authority of success. We could never sit across the same table again.
Just because people are in authority, if it doesn't seem right, don't do it. If it violates your own principles, don't do it.
Moral authority comes from following universal and timeless principles like honesty, integrity, treating people with respect.
God created the races. He created different backgrounds and cultures. But He created them all to operate under His authority.
You can raze the old buildings and erect magnificent corporate towers, hose down Port Authority, but you can't change people.
Between a man and his wife nothing ought to rule but love. Authority is for children and servants, yet not without sweetness.
Like a good parent can't also be his child's best friend, a leader with authority requires some separation from subordinates.
Most blacks have lost the moral authority to claim the mantle of civil rights because they refuse to stand for what is right.
Most men, after a little freedom, have preferred authority with the consoling assurances and the economy of effort it brings.
A king is always a king - and a woman always a woman: his authority and her sex ever stand between them and rational converse
Any society that derives its power and authority from the will of man alone lives apart from God and will crumble in the end.
If your people don't really believe or respect you, if you don't have the moral authority to rule, then your goose is cooked.
Questioning authority is, I think, a great thing to instill in children. I just didn't have enough of that when I was little.
The New Testament is of full authority and open to the understanding of simple men as to the points most needful to salvation.
A king is always a king - and a woman always a woman: his authority and her sex ever stand between them and rational converse.
'Referring the matter to a committee' can be a device for diluting authority, diffusing responsibility and delaying decisions.
Not only Southern children - but adults as well - use the preface ma'am or sir when speaking to someone older or in authority.
I tend to have this perverse reaction to authority and stress: I become more confident and clear when a challenge is enormous.
To handle the economy and services in a country like Iraq requires delegation of authority and the choice of competent people.
There should be no effort, consciously or otherwise, that will lead to the erosion of institutional credibility and authority.
Relationships are negotiated and if you deal with ultimatums and authority all the time, then you're not going to get anywhere.
My counsel advises me that there is no controlling legal authority or case that says there was any violation of law whatsoever.
I harbored a lot of resentment as a teenager and as a young adult. I still have a problem with authority, I'm trying to listen!
In 2013, a great national coalition came together to compel Congress to deny Barack Obama authority to take us to war in Syria.
Let us be true: this is the highest maxim of art and of life, the secret of eloquence and of virtue, and of all moral authority.
Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.
The Palestinian Authority refuses on an ongoing basis to take the necessary steps to prevent terrorists from getting into Israel.
Statutory authority to improve fuel economy has existed for 35 years at the Transportation Department, and it still exists today.
It's time for a new Reformation in the Church--to call the Church back to the authority of the Word of God, beginning in Genesis.
Like the child, the creative writing student is posited as a centre of vulnerable creativity, needful of attention and authority.
I obviously identify with the anti-authority figure. I've pretty much always had problems with authority, ever since I was a kid.
The authorities liked to say that we received a balanced diet; it was indeed balanced - between the unpalatable and the inedible.
All wars come to an end, at least temporarily. But the authority acquired by the state hangs on; political power never abdicates.
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.
I play tons of authority figures, whether it's the dad or the cop or the boss. I think it's a combination of how I look, who I am.
But the wisdom and authority of the legislator are seldom victorious in a contest with the vigilant dexterity of private interest.
Most kids will not volunteer to eat veggies. At times you must step up to the plate and enforce the rule of authority as a parent.
For 40 years, I have not been the ruler - the authority has been with the people. They take nothing from me or add anything to me.
That's my main flaw: I always think authority figures or my boss is going to think something I do is funny. And usually they don't.
The feelings of the individual are the prime authority in ethics. 'If it feels good, do it' is the basic ethical ideal of humanism.
We live in a world in which data convey authority. But authority has a way of descending to certitude, and certitude begets hubris.