Quotes by Authority In any close society it is more urgent to restrain others than to be free oneself. Hence the tendency for the central authority to absorb and supersede such as are local or delegated. George Santayana tendencies oneself authority All children find chaos congenial. Any unruliness, even by nature, advances the child's program of subverting authority. George Will chaos authority children Only one thing is certain: if pot is legalized, it won't be for our benefit but for the authorities. To have it legalized will also be to lose control of it. Germaine Greer benefits authority pot Modern intelligence won't accept anything on authority. But it will accept anything without authority. Gilbert K. Chesterton modern accepting authority I've always had a problem with authority. I just can't wear a suit - it would kill me. Gold Panda suits problem authority Without authority there is no liberty. Freedom is doomed to destruction at every turn, unless there is a recognized right to freedom. And if there are rights, there is an authority to which we appeal for them. Gilbert K. Chesterton liberty authority rights If you demand my authorities for this and that, I must reply that only those who have never hunted up the authorities as I have believe that there is any authority who is not contradicted flatly by some other authority. George Bernard Shaw demand authority believe We know that Seattle is mentioned frequently ... a computer was found in Afghanistan showing pictures of Seattle-area landmarks. So we are in constant contact with the FBI and with other federal authorities. Greg Nickels computer authority found Everywhere, authority and tradition have to justify themselves in the face of questions. Gustav Heinemann tradition authority faces There is no power or authority without responsibility, and he who accepts the one cannot escape or evade the other. Haile Selassie accepting authority responsibility The state authorities have no place in the church of God, no right to control and persecute the conscience. Hans Denck atheism church authority If a rhinoceros were to enter this restaurant now, there is no denying he would have great power here. But I should be the first to rise and assure him that he had no authority whatever. Gilbert K. Chesterton authority leadership firsts There's no better way to become a disintegrated character than to be your own authority. Henry Cloud authority character way Even if you don't have the authorities - and frankly I didn't have the authorities for anything - if you take charge, people will follow. Henry Paulson conspiracy authority people With deregulation, one sector of the economy after another is "liberated" to capital's unmonitored authority. The very notion that there is a public interest is contested. Herbert Schiller deregulation economy authority I call religion a natural authority, but it has usually been conceived as a supernatural authority. Herbert Read authority literature natural The people who most affected me were the ones who got right in there with me, who cried with me, but who also had a certain authority, who dared to say what needed saying. Henri Nouwen certain authority people Even when you err, it is a thousand times better to err out of conviction than to hide your true opinion to respect some authority. Houston Stewart Chamberlain conviction opinion authority And revolutions always mean the breakdown of old authority. Hu Shih revolution authority mean I make no claim to be an authority on writing or illustrating for children. Hugh Lofting authority writing children «345678910111213»