#authority

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. ↗

— Kenneth Burke

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

— James MacGregor Burns

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

— Thomas Cavendish

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All wars come to an end, at least temporarily. But the authority acquired by the state hangs on; political power never abdicates. ↗

— Frank Chodorov

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

— Morris Raphael Cohen

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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

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One of the things that is wrong with America is that everybody who has done anything at all in his own field is expected to be an authority on every subject under the sun. ↗

— Elmer Davis

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I created no authority that wasn't already there under the constitution. ↗

— John Engler

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The NRA provided that in America each industry should be organized into a federally supervised trade association. It was not called a corporative. It was called a Code Authority. ↗

— John T. Flynn

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The movie business is very much like that: people in authority making purely emotional decisions instead of interesting rational ones. ↗

— Bill Forsyth

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