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The more destruction there is everywhere, the more it shows the activity of town authorities.
I have trouble with direction, because I have trouble with authority. I was not a good Marine.
The saving ordinance of baptism must be administered by one who has proper authority from God.
Individuals who attempt to please and individuals who become angry both have authority issues.
What is new in our time is the increased power of the authorities to enforce their prejudices.
I am a strong believer in the tyranny, the dictatorship, the absolute authority of the writer.
From childhood to adolescence, girls face mixed messages about displaying power and authority.
The proper balance between individual liberty and central authority is a very ancient problem.
Obedience is an emblem of our faith in the wisdom and power of the highest authority, even God.
It should go without saying that regular citizens have no authority to arrest or detain anyone.
The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.
Without the intervention of the civil authority what would our percepts become?- Platonic laws.
We've gone all the way from foolishly accepting authority to foolishly rejecting all authority.
Yusuf Qaradawi is probably the most well-known legal authority in the whole Muslim world today.
We [americans] have earned the moral authority, at least compared to anybody else in the world.
I had to delegate authority to the people on my staff. That means you shave away the hierarchy.
Everyone in a position of authority is hysterical, and everyone else is pretending to be asleep.
Being yielded to God's authority keeps us pliable and open-minded to a possible change of plans.
In the opinion of the anarchist, the sum total of human ills is expressed in one word-authority.
What you need is sustained outrage...there's far too much unthinking respect given to authority.
Artists will always depend on the brick-and-mortar ecosystem to establish authority and context.
Authority is God ordained, but authoritarianism and raw power, in almost all forms, is dangerous.
They don't want to be reminded that there is an authority higher than the authority of the state.
For a war to be just three conditions are necessary - public authority, just cause, right motive.
It is of the nature of war to increase the executive at the expense of the legislative authority.
My culture and my language have the right to exist, and no one has the authority to dismiss that.
My favorite job is Petro Poroshenko. I am happy with the authority and high status this gives me!
A Western upbringing tends to stress questioning authority, which is always asking why, why, why.
We should understand the source of our authority and something of the keys that control its power.
Have no respect for the authority of others, for there are always contrary authorities to be found
My father represented authority, which meant—to me—that he could not also represent understanding.
I get involved if a problem comes up after the death has been investigated by the local authority.
No Government has the moral authority to dismantle the universally understood meaning of marriage.
Anyone who in discussion relies upon authority uses, not his understanding, but rather his memory.
In mathematics we do not appeal to authority, but rather you are responsible for what you believe.
I think teenagers at any time are testing to see how far they can go and where authority comes in.
The less people know about what is really going on, the easier it is to wield power and authority.
As a result of my study, I came to the conclusion that a common supreme authority was undesirable.
Authority pisses me off. I think everyone should be able to drink and get loud whenever they want.
I don't want to paint rainbows: I want to make art that disturbs identity and challenges authority.
I've been used to being my own boss for a really long time, so I don't take to authority very well.
Every sin is an act of cosmic treason, a futile attempt to dethrone God in His sovereign authority.
I call religion a natural authority, but it has usually been conceived as a supernatural authority.
The world doesn't understand the system here. The authority of the people. You don't understand it.
If the Pope spoke out with moral authority against violent Islam, I would be there cheering him on.
In a world of dispersed authority, the battle for the truth will be won or lost with the employees.
The custom of the Church has very great authority and ought to be jealously observed in all things.
I went into jail with absolutely no respect whatsoever for authority, and I came out with even less.
Free discussion requires an atmosphere unembarrassed by any suggestion of authority or even respect.
Zero Mostel wasn't afraid of authority in any form, and that's the part that influenced me the most.