Authority Quotes

I have no intention of sharing my authority.

There is a higher power, a higher influence, a God who rules and reigns and controls circumstances and situations that are beyond your area and realm of authority.

If you find from your own experience that something is a fact and it contradicts what some authority has written down, then you must abandon the authority and base your reasoning on your own findings.

What we must eliminate are systems of representation that carry with them the authority which has become repressive because it doesn't permit or make room for interventions on the part of those represented.

There is no power or authority without responsibility, and he who accepts the one cannot escape or evade the other.

It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law

The sovereign power of all civil authority is founded in the consent of the people.

I have asked some of the great white chiefs where they get their authority to say to the Indian that he shall stay in one place, while he sees white men going where they please. They cannot tell me.

Where there is authority, there is no freedom.

I had the greatest respect for the authorities of my day--until I studied things for myself, and came to my own conclusions.

A substantial proportion of people do what they are told to do, irrespective of the content of the act, and without pangs of conscience, so long as they perceive that the command comes from a legitimate authority.

Distrust of authority should be the first civic duty.

The foundation of authority is based upon the consent of the people.

Authority is supposedly grounded in wisdom, but I could see from a very early age that authority was only a system of control and it didn't have any inherent wisdom. I quickly realised that you either became a power or you were crushed

Truth for authority, not authority for truth.

Don't deny the existence of a mountain in your life; deny its authority to stay, and refuse to allow it to stop the plan of God in your life.

Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.

Liberty is the proper end and object of authority, and cannot subsist without it; and it is liberty to that which is good, just, and honest.

But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go.

Every sin is an act of cosmic treason, a futile attempt to dethrone God in His sovereign authority.

We too often bind ourselves by authorities rather than by the truth.

Relatively few people have the resources needed to resist authority.

Your former Fathers the Spaniards have now no further Authority over you.

Authority has always attracted the lowest elements in the human race

God speaks with authority on every subject including marriage and His advice trumps Oprah's every time.

Molecular evolution is not based on scientific authority. . . . There are assertions that such evolution occurred, but absolutely none are supported by pertinent experiments or calculations. Since no one knows molecular evolution by direct experience, and since there is no authority on which to base claims of knowledge, it can truly be said that . . . the assertion of Darwinian molecular evolution is merely bluster.

The Bible is the ultimate authority and infallible, not the pastor and not the elders. And it doesn't mean that you believe everything he says without examining it.

... my convictions led me to adhere to the sufficiency of the light within us, resting on truth as authority, rather than 'taking authority for truth.'

Until we stand in a place where we have met God, we have no authority to change a Nation

Knowledge is that possession that no misfortune can destroy, no authority can revoke, and no enemy can control. This makes knowledge the greatest of all freedoms.

I cannot find any authority in the Constitution for public charity.

Authority that does not exist for Liberty is not authority but force.

You have the freedom, ability and authority to love your life. Just be you, then wait.

To live coram Deo is to live one’s entire life in the presence of God, under the authority of God, to the glory of God.

The commander must establish personal and comradely contact with his men, but without giving away one inch of authority.

When we oppose God's delegated authority, we oppose God Himself.

Discretion, like the hole in a doughnut, does not exist except as an area left open by a surrounding belt of restriction. It is therefore a relative concept. It always makes sense to ask, "Discretion under which standards?" or "Discretion as to which authority?

You can't stop a teacher when they want to do something. They just do it.

Freedom is not possible without authority - otherwise it would turn into chaos and authority is not possible without freedom - otherwise it would turn into tyranny.

It's true that most people find it far more comfortable to trust an authority than to have their faith questioned.

We must always keep in mind all legitimate authority is from God, and is given for protection, provision, and peace.

You are your own highest authority. Do not place your source of authority outside of you. Go within to see if the truth you've found is in harmony with the truth you find in your heart.

Authority, without any condition and reservation, belongs to the nation.

Modern intelligence won't accept anything on authority. But it will accept anything without authority.

Relationships are negotiated and if you deal with ultimatums and authority all the time, then you're not going to get anywhere.

If a murder is committed privately it is considered a crime. But if it happens with the authority of the state, they call it courage.

No moral system can rest solely on authority.

Part of the reason images of women in positions of authority are marked by their gender is that the very notion of authority is associated with maleness.

The feelings of another person should never be imposed upon us as a law.

In revolutions authority remains with the greatest scoundrels.