#authority

We could never verify that there was any Iraqi authority, direction and control, complicity with al Qaeda for 9/11 or any operational act against America. Period. ↗

— George Tenet

#against #al #america #any #authority

There is no moral authority like that of sacrifice. ↗

— Nadine Gordimer

#like #moral #moral authority #sacrifice

Nor bigots who but one way see, through blinkers of authority. ↗

— Matthew Green

#bigots #blinkers #nor #see #through

Historically, America has answered to a higher authority. ↗

— Lee Greenwood

#answered #authority #higher #historically

Last year, Congress gave the Department of Defense the authority to design a new civilian personnel system for its employees as part of the defense authorization bill. ↗

— Norm Dicks

#authorization #bill #civilian #congress #defense

Since when have we Americans been expected to bow submissively to authority and speak with awe and reverence to those who represent us? ↗

— William O. Douglas

#awe #been #bow #expected #represent

I undertake that, in the exercise of my functions of that office I will have regard to any guidance with respect to ethical standards issued by the secretary of state under Section 66 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999. ↗

— Kenneth Robert Livingstone

#any #authority #ethical #exercise #functions

Liberty is the proper end and object of authority, and cannot subsist without it; and it is liberty to that which is good, just, and honest. ↗

— John Winthrop

#cannot #end #good #honest #just

Mayors do not have that authority to pick and choose what laws they're going to enforce. ↗

— Lou Barletta

#choose #enforce #going #laws #mayors

Do you wish to speak in Provençal, French, or Latin? They are all I can manage, I'm afraid." "Any will do," the rabbi replied in Provençal. "Splendid. Latin it is," said Pope Clement. ↗

— Iain Pears

#communication #conceit #languages #mockery #papal-authority