Quotes by Authority I don't like authority, at least I don't like other people's authority. A. C. Benson authority people It won't be a question of how well-trained or well-equipped the army is but one of the authority it serves. Adnan Pachachi wells army authority I am a woman in the prime of my life, with certain powers and those powers severely limited by authorities whose faces I rarely see. Adrienne Rich prime authority faces An evil nature wielding great authority brings misfortune upon the community. Aeschines community authority evil No moral system can rest solely on authority. A.J. Ayer morality insightful authority My counsel advises me that there is no controlling legal authority or case that says there was any violation of law whatsoever. Al Gore cases authority law No controlling legal authority Al Gore authority Authority, when first detecting chaos at its heels, will entertain the vilest schemes to save its orderly facade. Alan Moore chaos authority firsts I'll be on my third honeymoon, so I'm more of an authority than I care to be. Alan Thicke honeymoon care authority It is my fate to be considered an authority, since I spent my youth rebelling against it. Albert Einstein youth fate authority Concepts that have proven useful in ordering things easily achieve such authority over us that we forget their earthly origins and accept them as unalterable givens. Albert Einstein achieve authority forget In the opinion of the anarchist, the sum total of human ills is expressed in one word-authority. Albert Meltzer anarchist opinion authority Existing libraries, in their very being, seem to question the authority of those in power. Alberto Manguel library authority seems I'm not a food critic, and I'm not really an authority to write anything on food. Alex Kapranos critics authority writing It is of the nature of war to increase the executive at the expense of the legislative authority. Alexander Hamilton increase authority war The authority of God is behind the establishing of human authority. Alistair Begg behinds humans authority PLENIPOTENTIARY, adj. Having full power. A Minister Plenipotentiary is a diplomatist possessing absolute authority on condition that he never exert it. Ambrose Bierce ministers authority power 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. Ambrose Bierce neighbor authority kings REPUBLIC, n. A nation in which, the thing governing and the thing governed being the same, there is only a permitted authority to enforce an optional obedience. Ambrose Bierce republic obedience authority A Western upbringing tends to stress questioning authority, which is always asking why, why, why. Amy Chua asking-why stress authority 1234567891011»