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Men in authority will always think that criticism of their policies is dangerous. They will always equate their policies with patriotism, and find criticism subversive.

Henry Steele Commager

Men

To be sure, the vast majority of people who are untrained can accept the results of science only on authority.

Democrats believe we must have comprehensive health care reform that includes giving the federal government authority to negotiate lower prices with drug companies.

I believe I'm a better authority than anybody else in America on my own wife. I have never known a person with a stronger sense of right and wrong in my life ever.

To consider only one other such witness: the followers of the Buddha have at least as much right to appeal to individual and social experience in support of the authority of the Eastern saviour.

William Kingdon Clifford

Crime in full glory consolidates authority by the sacred fear it inspires.

Just because people are in authority, if it doesn't seem right, don't do it. If it violates your own principles, don't do it.

To see and be acquainted with strangers, in especial with men in honour and authority.

I have as much authority as the Pope, I just don't have as many people who believe it.

George Carlin

People

Authority

A revolution is an act of violence whereby one class shatters the authority of another.

James MacGregor Burns

Creation implies authority in the sense of originator. The possibility of a 'Fall' is implied in a Covenant insofar as the idea of a Covenant implies the possibility of its being violated.

Any commander who fails to exceed his authority is not of much use to his subordinates.

Arleigh Burke

Authority

It was necessary to bluff the Japanese camp commanders, with whatever authority I could muster, that I had come officially to ensure that the surrender terms were being complied with and that living conditions for the POWs were being immediately improved.

The president overstepped his authority when he asked the NSA to eavesdrop on Americans' international phone calls without obtaining a warrant.

I believe in a lively disrespect for most forms of authority.

Rita Mae Brown

Authority