Authority is not a power, it is a responsibility.

I’m a lion in a strange land.

Of all the major religions, or lack thereof, the atheist’s is one of the best pretenders: his foundation for all existences, as well as moral behaviors for the permanent good of mankind, begins at science...

I often ask myself, ‘Who would Jesus vote for?’ Then I start to think that he wouldn’t vote at all; however, it would not be out of apathy or disinterest, but out of perfection and...

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

I think it only makes sense to seek out and identify structures of authority, hierarchy, and domination in every aspect of life, and to challenge them; unless a justification for them can be given, they...

Respect the young and chastise your elders. It’s about time the world was set aright.

Despite federal laws and requirement, the CIO is not a member of the senior management team with authority to strategically manage department-wide technology assets and programs.

The Palestinian Authority has to move from words to deeds, … We will not be able to continue this process if the Palestinian Authority will not move to real action against the terror organizations.

The evidence never seemed to matter to those in power, who had already made up their minds and did what people typically do when their worldview is threatened by new data: they attacked the messenger.

The federal government has no authority to prevent California, or any state, from requiring warnings that provide truthful, important information to consumers.

The trouble with our society is that responsibility and authority have become separated,” he went on, warming to his theme. “The people with the authority to do things no longer take any responsibility for what...

RABBLE, n. In a republic, those who exercise a supreme authority tempered by fraudulent elections. The rabble is like the sacred Simurgh, of Arabian fable –omnipotent on condition that it do nothing. (The word is...

I don’t go that deep. It’s all about our budget. We answer to a higher authority — which is our lender.

The publication in 1859 of the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin made a marked epoch in my own mental development, as it did in that of human thought generally. Its effect was to demolish...

Without agreement on rank and a certain respect for authority there can be no great sensitivity to social rules, as anyone who has tried to teach simple house rules to a cat will agree.

The BOJ used its authority to make the decision even though deflation remains a problem.

We are adjured not to burn the candle at both ends.But how many people have verified that physically possible?

It requires something more than personal experience to gain a philosophy or point of view from any specific event. It is the quality of our response to the event and our capacity to enter into...

It is a duty of every citizen to pray for those who are authority and the nation; so that each one of us may live a peaceful and quiet lives in sacredness.

God gave man the authority to rule and protect all the animals in the aquatic ecosystems.

However, China’s police authority would not sit by and be apathetic and indifferent to law-violating behaviors or content on the Internet.

Today, acknowledgement of the prevalence and harms of child sexual abuse is counterbalanced with cautionary tales about children and women who, under pressure from social workers and therapists, produce false allegations of ‘paedophile rings’, ‘cult...

Ordinary people, simply doing their jobs, and without any particular hostility on their part, can become agents in a terrible destructive process. Moreover, even when the destructive effects of their work become patently clear, and...

Too often, our concept of pastors and church leaders reinforces rather than obliterates the sad state of family life in our current context.

No,” Frank said. “I’m only a centurion.”Jason cursed in Latin. “He means he can’t control a whole legion. He’s not of high enough rank.”Nico swung back his black sword at another gryphon. “Well, then, promote...

Unfortunately, he went beyond his authority and he should have contacted someone higher up.

My grandmother simply shook her head and said, “You know what you saw. The bird doesn’t need to be counted, and neither do you.

Authority forgets a dying king.

The strong will always rule the weak.

If he speaks again without me knowing who he is, I will throw him out of the window. And I won’t open it first.

Reason begets honesty, and honesty, if given its head, begets confidence; so consequently, there is a sort of grand authority in the stances of those who know why they are standing.

I realized that more and more I was saying, ‘It seems to me that we have come to the time war ought to be given up. It no longer makes sense to kill 20 million...

The names of entities that have the power to constrain us change with time. Convention and authority are replaced by infirmity. But my attitude toward them has not changed. Has not changed.

Because we want to be inwardly secure, we are constantly seeking methods and means for this security, and thereby we create authority, the worship of another, which destroys comprehension, that spontaneous tranquility of mind in...

Although I am an anarch, I am not anti-authoritarian. Quite the opposite: I need authority, although I do not believe in it. My critical faculties are sharpened by the absence of the credibility that I...

General Clark has the authority (to strike). He was given that authority, … The bombing is on the books, but I think what we need to find out is what General Clark has been able...

There is a circularity here I do not doubt. I am defending the Bible by the Bible. Circularity of a kind is unavoidable when one seeks to defend an ultimate standard of truth, for one’s...

I was not so comfortable with my new authority that I could say ‘We eat the chicken now!’ but the magus had seen that I was considering it…”My purse is full enough,” said the magus,...

…if you’re an actor, and you’ve thought your way into the part, then you’re character portrayal will have authority…

What the poet has to say to the torso of the supposed Apollo, however, is more than a note on an excursion to the antiquities collection. The author’s point is not that the thing depicts...

Do not believe a thing because you have read about it in a book. Do not believe a thing because another man has said it was true. Do not believe in words because they are...

If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.

I’ve never been more excited about anything I’ve done on the authority.

The man whose authority is recent is always stern.

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

I would think that they would look at him as a person with a little more authority than maybe they thought he had, as far as having a lot of input in the program. He’s...

The plane had lost power in all three engines, dropped from thirty-four thousand feet to twelve thousand feet. Something like four miles. When the steep glide began, people rose, fell, collided, swam in their seats....

I’m of the age and immaturity level that I cannot give you my respect solely because you are older or ranked higher on an imaginary totem pole. I give you my respect because of your...

when it seems like giving up, then it seems like rising up