Quotes about Authority

26 quotes about Authority

I believe that historians and analysts of historical events need the authority of facts supplied by living witnesses to the events, which they make their subject.

Quote by Ibrahim Babangida about authority

That science has long been neglected and declining in England, is not an opinion originating with me, but is shared by many, and has been expressed by higher authority than mine.

Quote by Charles Babbage about authority

It's also natural in that part of the world to blame what people view as the... as the most important authority in the region, and that currently is the United States of America.

Quote by John Abizaid about authority

Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.

Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.

Quote by Francis Bacon about authority

Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral...

Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.

Quote by John Adams about authority

As a result of my study, I came to the conclusion that a...

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

Quote by Fredrik Bajer about authority

No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is...

No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority.

Quote by Joseph Addison about authority

To say that authority, whether secular or religious, ...

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.

Quote by Joseph Addison about authority

The man whose authority is recent is always stern.

The man whose authority is recent is always stern.

Quote by Aeschylus about authority

The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to...

The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about authority

The NRA provided that in America each industry should be organized into a federally supervised trade association. It was not called a corporative. It was called a Code Authority.

Quote by John Thomas Flynn about authority

The movie business is very much like that: people in...

The movie business is very much like that: people in authority making purely emotional decisions instead of interesting rational ones.

Quote by Bill Forsyth about authority

For a war to be just three conditions are necessary -...

For a war to be just three conditions are necessary - public authority, just cause, right motive.

Quote by Ernest Hemingway about authority

I am an authority on gospel, and they don't have nothing...

I am an authority on gospel, and they don't have nothing like me and no gospel song at Carnegie Hall.

Quote by Mahalia Jackson about authority

At work, the authority of a person is inversely...

At work, the authority of a person is inversely proportional to the number of pens that person is carrying.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about authority

Dogs do not see the badge as a person of authority, they...

Dogs do not see the badge as a person of authority, they see lunch.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about authority

The authority of a person is inversely proportional to...

The authority of a person is inversely proportional to the number of functions in his pocket calculator.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about authority

When asked for the main reasons I became Catholic seven...

When asked for the main reasons I became Catholic seven years ago, I provide two the Eucharist and the authority of the Church.

Quote by Carl Olson about authority

Between a man and his wife nothing ought to rule but...

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

Quote by William Penn about authority

The man who prefers his country before any other duty shows the same spirit as the man who surrenders every right to the state. They both deny that right is superior to authority.

Quote by Lord Acton about authority

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