#authority

Authority is something from which we are constantly subtracting, of which there remains always a residue, and which we attempt to make smaller and smaller. ↗

— Frederica Montseny

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Of all presidential perks, the pardon power has a special significance. It is just the kind of authority that would attract the special attention of someone obsessed with himself and his own ability to influence events. ↗

— Barbara Olson

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The kingdom of God is an order of government established by divine authority. It is the only legal government that can exist in any part of the universe. ↗

— Orson Pratt

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God is the King. In him exists all legal authority. ↗

— Orson Pratt

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Nearly everywhere monarchs raised themselves further above the level of the greatest nobles and buttressed their new pretensions to respect and authority with cannons and taxation. ↗

— J. M. Roberts

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The last job I applied for was to be a bus driver for the Chicago Transit Authority in 1957. ↗

— Vernon Jordan

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I'm not a food critic, and I'm not really an authority to write anything on food. ↗

— Alex Kapranos

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Lawyer acted without authority from our band. He had no right to sell the Wallowa country. ↗

— Chief Joseph

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I prize the conditions under which I have lived because they have permitted me to choose my opportunities, to inquire into such matters as interested me, and to publish what I believed to be true, uncontrolled by any central authority. ↗

— Arthur Keith

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The proper balance between individual liberty and central authority is a very ancient problem. ↗

— Arthur Keith

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