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"In some South Pacific cultures, a speaker holds a conch shell as a symbol of temporary position of authority. Leaders must understand who holds the conch that is, who should be listened to and when."
Max de Pree
"In some South Pacific cultures, a speaker holds a conch shell as a symbol of temporary position of authority. Leaders must understand who holds the conch that is, who should be listened to and when."
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"Courtrooms contain every symbol of authority that a set designer could imagine. Everyone stands up when you come in. You wear a costume identifying you as, if not quite divine, someone special."
Irving R. Kaufman
"Courtrooms contain every symbol of authority that a set designer could imagine. Everyone stands up when you come in. You wear a costume identifying you as, if not quite divine, someone special."
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"The Gentlemen of England serve under the greatest cad in Europe."
John Burns
"The Gentlemen of England serve under the greatest cad in Europe."
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"Moral authority is never retained by any attempt to hold on to it. It comes without seeking and is retained without effort."
Mahatma Gandhi
"Moral authority is never retained by any attempt to hold on to it. It comes without seeking and is retained without effort."
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"I believe that historians and analysts of historical events need the authority of facts supplied by living witnesses to the events, which they make their subject."
Ibrahim Babangida
"I believe that historians and analysts of historical events need the authority of facts supplied by living witnesses to the events, which they make their subject."
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"Celebrity distorts democracy by giving the rich, beautiful, and famous more authority than they deserve."
Maureen Dowd
"Celebrity distorts democracy by giving the rich, beautiful, and famous more authority than they deserve."
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"Don't name it, as they say, because instantly you offer it to this peculiar authority."
Robert Creeley
"Don't name it, as they say, because instantly you offer it to this peculiar authority."
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"Lawyer acted without authority from our band. He had no right to sell the Wallowa country."
Chief Joseph
"Lawyer acted without authority from our band. He had no right to sell the Wallowa country."
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"I created no authority that wasn't already there under the constitution."
John Engler
"I created no authority that wasn't already there under the constitution."
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"By liberty I mean the assurance that every man shall be protected in doing what he believes is his duty against the influence of authority and majorities, custom and opinion."
John Acton
"By liberty I mean the assurance that every man shall be protected in doing what he believes is his duty against the influence of authority and majorities, custom and opinion."
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"Moral authority has been laid to rest, world opinion is no more than a game show and the difference between good and evil is about as relevant as changing channels."
Ralph Steadman
"Moral authority has been laid to rest, world opinion is no more than a game show and the difference between good and evil is about as relevant as changing channels."
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"Instead, I was interested in what I guess I could call narrative indeterminacy, in questioning the apparent, taken-for-granted authority of any particular representation of the events in question."
Peter Straub
"Instead, I was interested in what I guess I could call narrative indeterminacy, in questioning the apparent, taken-for-granted authority of any particular representation of the events in question."
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"It is not a sign of arrogance for the king to rule. That is what he is there for."
William F. Buckley, Jr.
"It is not a sign of arrogance for the king to rule. That is what he is there for."
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"Most kids will not volunteer to eat veggies. At times you must step up to the plate and enforce the rule of authority as a parent."
Lee Haney
"Most kids will not volunteer to eat veggies. At times you must step up to the plate and enforce the rule of authority as a parent."
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"Your former Fathers the Spaniards have now no further Authority over you."
Zebulon Pike
"Your former Fathers the Spaniards have now no further Authority over you."
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"Conventional dogmas, even if endowed with the authority of an Aristotle - ancient or modern - must be tested vigorously. If they are found wanting, we need not bother with them. But if they are found to be substantially correct, we may not overlook them."
Norman Lamm
"Conventional dogmas, even if endowed with the authority of an Aristotle - ancient or modern - must be tested vigorously. If they are found wanting, we need not bother with them. But if they are found to be substantially correct, we may not overlook them."
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"Distrust of authority should be the first civic duty."
Norman Douglas
"Distrust of authority should be the first civic duty."
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"Scientists and scholars should constitute themselves as an international NGO of exceptional authority."
John Charles Polanyi
"Scientists and scholars should constitute themselves as an international NGO of exceptional authority."
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"The dead and past stories that I have told again in divers fashions, are not set down without authority."
Marie de France
"The dead and past stories that I have told again in divers fashions, are not set down without authority."
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"I'm going to make it a law that the correct way to address your sovereign is my giving a high five.' Kai's smiled brightened. 'That's genius. Me too."
Marissa Meyer
"I'm going to make it a law that the correct way to address your sovereign is my giving a high five.' Kai's smiled brightened. 'That's genius. Me too."
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"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."
Wilfred Burchett
"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."
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"The Priestly Code preponderates over the rest of the legislation in force, as well as in bulk; in all matters of primary importance it is the normal and final authority."
Julius Wellhausen
"The Priestly Code preponderates over the rest of the legislation in force, as well as in bulk; in all matters of primary importance it is the normal and final authority."
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"Whatever is enforced by command is more imputed to him who exacts than to him who performs."
Michel de Montaigne
"Whatever is enforced by command is more imputed to him who exacts than to him who performs."
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"You come before me this morning with clean hands and clean collars. I want you to have clean tongues, clean manners, clean morals and clean characters."
John Burns
"You come before me this morning with clean hands and clean collars. I want you to have clean tongues, clean manners, clean morals and clean characters."
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"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
"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."
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"The Captain of the Watch says if you're still in the City by sunrise he will personally have you buried alive."
Terry Pratchett
"The Captain of the Watch says if you're still in the City by sunrise he will personally have you buried alive."
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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
"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."
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"Eighty percent of the problems that beset unification immediately disappeared when the President signed the bill increasing the authority and the responsibility of the Secretary of Defense."
Louis A. Johnson
"Eighty percent of the problems that beset unification immediately disappeared when the President signed the bill increasing the authority and the responsibility of the Secretary of Defense."
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"A quotation in a speech, article or book is like a rifle in the hands of an infantryman. It speaks with authority."
Brendan Francis
"A quotation in a speech, article or book is like a rifle in the hands of an infantryman. It speaks with authority."
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"Divine right went out with the American Revolution and doesn't belong to the White House aides. What meat do they eat that makes them grow so great?"
Sam Ervin
"Divine right went out with the American Revolution and doesn't belong to the White House aides. What meat do they eat that makes them grow so great?"
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"My parents are both college professors, and it made me want to question authority, standards and traditions."
Maya Lin
"My parents are both college professors, and it made me want to question authority, standards and traditions."
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"We have to give value to authority. We have to give value to office, being in office, holding office."
James Hillman
"We have to give value to authority. We have to give value to office, being in office, holding office."
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"No authority is higher than reality."
Peter Nivio Zarlenga
"No authority is higher than reality."
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"I make no claim to be an authority on writing or illustrating for children."
Hugh Lofting
"I make no claim to be an authority on writing or illustrating for children."
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"The disappearance of a sense of responsibility is the most far-reaching consequence of submission to authority."
Stanley Milgram
"The disappearance of a sense of responsibility is the most far-reaching consequence of submission to authority."
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"We need to stop the erosion of parental authority."
Sonny Landham
"We need to stop the erosion of parental authority."
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"Admittedly, scientific authority is not distributed evenly throughout the body of scientists; some distinguished members of the profession predominate over others of a more junior standing."
Michael Polanyi
"Admittedly, scientific authority is not distributed evenly throughout the body of scientists; some distinguished members of the profession predominate over others of a more junior standing."
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"This means that the search for a formula of European cooperation in connection with the League of Nations, far from weakening the authority of this latter must and can only tend to strengthen it, for it is closely connected with its aims."
Aristide Briand
"This means that the search for a formula of European cooperation in connection with the League of Nations, far from weakening the authority of this latter must and can only tend to strengthen it, for it is closely connected with its aims."
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"Foreign nationals entering the United States illegally who are taken into custody by the Border Protection Corps or by State or local law enforcement authorities must be promptly delivered to a federal law enforcement authority."
John Culberson
"Foreign nationals entering the United States illegally who are taken into custody by the Border Protection Corps or by State or local law enforcement authorities must be promptly delivered to a federal law enforcement authority."
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"In order to be respected, authority has got to be respectable."
Tom Robbins
"In order to be respected, authority has got to be respectable."
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"'Referring the matter to a committee' can be a device for diluting authority, diffusing responsibility and delaying decisions."
Antony Jay
"'Referring the matter to a committee' can be a device for diluting authority, diffusing responsibility and delaying decisions."
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"Of the sayings of Christ in the Synoptic Gospels that can be compared to those in the fourth Gospel, there are one or two which I venture to think can only have been recorded on the authority of St. John."
Alfred Noyes
"Of the sayings of Christ in the Synoptic Gospels that can be compared to those in the fourth Gospel, there are one or two which I venture to think can only have been recorded on the authority of St. John."
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"I've always had trouble with authority."
John Milius
"I've always had trouble with authority."
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"Now they call in all of the authority figures they can find and hire them - the cost has gone up. The picture may or may not get better, but definitely, it gets more cumbersome."
Don Bluth
"Now they call in all of the authority figures they can find and hire them - the cost has gone up. The picture may or may not get better, but definitely, it gets more cumbersome."
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"Whenever there is authority, there is a natural inclination to disobedience."
Thomas Chandler Haliburton
"Whenever there is authority, there is a natural inclination to disobedience."
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"In order to be a lieutenant, you've got to have authority in your voice. No matter how young your face looks, you've got to let your guys know that you're in charge."
Esai Morales
"In order to be a lieutenant, you've got to have authority in your voice. No matter how young your face looks, you've got to let your guys know that you're in charge."
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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
"The last job I applied for was to be a bus driver for the Chicago Transit Authority in 1957."
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"The being cannot be termed rational or virtuous, who obeys any authority, but that of reason."
Mary Wollstonecraft
"The being cannot be termed rational or virtuous, who obeys any authority, but that of reason."
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"I harbored a lot of resentment as a teenager and as a young adult. I still have a problem with authority, I'm trying to listen!"
Nikki Sixx
"I harbored a lot of resentment as a teenager and as a young adult. I still have a problem with authority, I'm trying to listen!"
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"And revolutions always mean the breakdown of old authority."
Hu Shih
"And revolutions always mean the breakdown of old authority."
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