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

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 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...

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...

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

RIGHT, n. Legitimate authority to be, to do or to have; as the right to be a king, the right to do one’s neighbor, the right to have measles, and the like. The first of...

Obligation is a more effective weapon against the Will than any penalty, threat or act of force.

Authority, when first detecting chaos at its heels, will entertain the vilest schemes to save its orderly facade.

I suppose if there’s a set of genes I have, it’s detesting authority.

Den Staat kümmert nicht, ob der Bürger lebt oder stirbt. Wichtig für den Staat und sein Archiv ist, ob der Bürger am Leben oder tot ist.

Authority that can not be questioned is tyranny” Terry Pratchett: A Slip of the Keyboard

It has often been suggested to me that the Constitution of the United States is a sufficient safeguard for the freedom of its citizens. It is obvious that even the freedom it pretends to guarantee...

No government can be maintained without the principle of fear as well as duty.

Some people believe that it isn’t so much power that is exchanged in TPE, as it is authority. The intrinsic difference between power and authority can best be explained thusly: If we were talking about...

The authority of the Church was thrown over by the authority of the state. Twenty years only have passed, and the authority of the state is already thrown over by the authority of conscience. …...

This vacillation between assertion and denial in discussions about organised abuse can be understood as functional, in that it serves to contain the traumatic kernel at the heart of allegations of organised abuse. In his...

Hamdi will have a fair and transparent trial. Public opinion is one thing, judicial authority is another.

For the first time since he came to power in 2000, he has a unique chance to impose his authority on rival power centers and emerge as the real ruler of Syria,

Learn to bend before that authority and you will learn how to submit before the Lord.

We’ve heard them all talk about Dust, and they’re so afraid of it, and you know what? We believed them, even though we could see that what they were doing was wicked and evil and...

Consumers have a lot more authority these days and they know that by using technology they can gain access to content and they want to use the power that they have… We can’t stand in...

But, of course, what mattered most of all was my deep-seated hatred of authority, my monstrous individualism, my lawlessness. No word in my vocabulary expressed deeper hatred than the word INTERFERENCE. But Christianity placed at...

If you refuse to accept what is, and choose to see what could be, then you set a course for yourself that makes others take notice of you, respect you, revere you. It is then...

We all live inside the terrible engine of authority, and it grinds and shrieks and burns so that no one will say: lines on maps are silly.

To be a philosopher, just reverse everything you have ever been told…and have a sense of humor doing it.

If these conditions are met then we stand ready to continue (to fund the Palestinian Authority ). If they do not change then it will be very difficult.

Two ideas are opposed — not concepts or abstractions, but Ideas which were in the blood of men before they were formulated by the minds of men. The Resurgence of Authority stands opposed to the...

One of the fundamental causes of the disintegration of society is copying, which is the worship of authority.

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

Rather than undermining the Palestinian Authority, it is in Israel’s interests to strengthen it by… continuing to transfer Palestinian tax revenues and pursuing other avenues of cooperation.

We have one authority and one law and everyone has the responsibility to follow that law and that authority.

one authority, one weapon.

The disappearance of a sense of responsibility is the most far-reaching consequence of submission to authority.

We have shared our view on transparency with the European Commission and the U.K. ‘s Financial Services Authority.

Never let haters ‘still’ your flow. They can only do so with your permission.

has to invest more of his authority, of his control. But there is a beginning of hope that I wouldn’t put aside.

There is no night porter wandering about in King’s. The authorities pay you the compliment, ugly gate-crasher, of treating you as a grown-up. And since we are not grown-up you and I, we will perform...

I have no idea what the Ports Authority is thinking and I never have. We’re moving forward with the condemnation and feel confident it’s back on track and are delighted that the Supreme Court ruling...

You understand Teacher, don’t you, that when you have a mother who’s an angel and a father who is a cannibal king, and when you have sailed on the ocean all your whole life, then...

Most of these students are so conditioned to success that they become afraid to take risks. They have been taught from a young age by zealous parents, schools, and institutional authorities what constitutes failure and...

…There are also those who inadvertently grant power to another man’s words by continuously trying to spite him. If a man gets to the point where he can simply say, ‘The sky is blue,’ and...

Paul Martin’s government has lost the moral authority to govern.

Authority to dream is not given, it is taken. Take it. Do not let the judgment of others be the final word. Without a doubt, if there is a one-word, one-step cure for bad peg...

How can a good God appoint cruel people to positions of authority? The answer is simple: God is the originator of the authority, but He is not the author of the cruelty. Man is responsible...

If states were given more authority we would work within the parameters supporting a culture of life,

FIDNET won’t monitor any private network or e-mail traffic or confer new authority on any government agency, and will be fully consistent with privacy law and practice — right?

As authority is transferred back to an Iraqi administration in mid-2004, the reconstruction of vital oil installations will provide jobs, skills and technology to the Iraq people.

…bow to genius, but to the authority of that genius – not the display of talent…