Authority Quotes - Page 27

• Peace is not the absence of conflict it is authority over chaos.

  Danny Silk

  Chaos, Conflict, Absence

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• Other problems confront women in power. One is fine but two's a crowd seems to be an unspoken rule when the one wears a skirt. And those in authority have found ways to reward women for excluding others of their kind.

  Kathleen Hall Jamieson

  Power, Two, Rewards

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• The very nature of economics is rooted in nationalism. ... It [was] developed ... in the hope of throwing light upon questions of policy. But policy means nothing unless there is an authority to carry it out, and authorities are national.

  Joan Robinson

  Mean, Light, Economics

  Joan Robinson (1962). “Economic philosophy”, p.124, Transaction Publishers

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• The leaders of the Pahlavi regime, in an attempt to forestall the rising tide of the Islamic revolutionary movement, were hard at work to cast doubt on the question of the Imam Khomeini's position as a Marja'a (a top religious authority) and in this way, undermine public faith in his academic, political and religious competence.

  Yousef Saanei

  Religious, Islamic, Leader

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• Either Christ is a liar or war is never necessary, and very properly assuming that Christ told the truth, it follows that the State is without [in the words of Father Macksey] 'judicial authority to determine when war is necessary,' because it is never necessary.

  Ben Salmon

  Father, War, Liars

  "Ben Salmon On War". Book by Ben Salmon, pp. 86 - 87, "Personal critique of just war doctrine", 1921.

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• You can become anything you want to be ... It's a matter of authority. Whatever a man's confidence, that's his capacity.

  Marijane Meaker

  Confidence, Men, Matter

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• We have been deceived into believing prayer is all about persuading God to release His power. We no longer need to beg or plead; we need to exercise the authority He has given us and receive His blessings.

  Andrew Wommack

  Prayer, Believe, Exercise

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• Sportsmanship is that quality of honor that desires always to be courteous, fair, and respectful, and it is interpreted in the conduct of players, spectators, coaches, and school authorities.

  Fielding H. Yost

  School, Player, Honor

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• All behavior involves conscious or unconscious selection of particular actions out of all those which are physically possible to the actor and to those persons over whom he exercises influence and authority.

  Herbert Simon

  Exercise, Actors, Action

  Herbert Alexander Simon (1947). “Administrative Behavior: A Study of Decision-making Processes in Administrative Organization”

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• We [americans] have earned the moral authority, at least compared to anybody else in the world.

  Chuck Todd

  World, Moral, Moral Authority

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• Some authorities believe that one prosperous thought is more powerful than a thousand failure thoughts; and that two prosperous attitudes steadily held and expressed are more powerful than ten thousand failure attitudes!

  Catherine Ponder

  Powerful, Attitude, Believe

  Catherine Ponder (2016). “The Dynamic Laws of Prosperity”, p.15, Lulu.com

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• He who does the most good is the greatest man. Power, authority, dignity, honors, wealth and station--these are so far valuable as they put it into the hands of men to be more exemplary and more useful than they could be in an obscure and private life. But then these are means conducting to an end, and that end is goodness.

  John Jortin

  Mean, Men, Greatness

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• The opposite of thinking clearly is being muddled. To be conscious of being muddled is a horrible experience. To avoid it we may even be tempted to shut our minds and swallow a belief, ready-made, from some expert authority.

  Susan Stebbing

  Thinking, Opposites, Mind

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• Authority is permission to spew platitudes to people below you.

  Rob Payne

  People, Permission, Platitudes

  "Working Class Zero". Book by Rob Payne, 2003.

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• Mouths talk without authority sometimes.

  Caroline Pafford Miller

  Talking, Mouths, Sometimes

  Caroline Pafford Miller (1993). “Lamb in His Bosom”, Peachtree Pub Limited

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• I combat the errors of ages; I meet the violence of mobs; I cope with illegal proceedings from executive authority; I cut the gordian knot of powers, and I solve mathematical problems of universities, with truth-diamond truth; and God is my 'right hand man'.

  Joseph Smith, Jr.

  Cutting, Men, Errors

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• O execrable son! so to aspire
  Above his brethren, to himself assuming
  Authority usurped, from God not given.
  He gave us only over beast, fish, fowl,
  Dominion absolute; that right we hold
  By his donation; but man over men
  He made not lord; such title to himself
  Reserving, human left from human free.

  John Milton

  Son, Men, Titles

  John Milton, Elijah Fenton, Samuel Johnson (1821). “Paradise lost”, p.365

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• Governments ... should not force and govern belief, which is a matter for the heart and conscience not for temporal authorities.

  Katharina Zell

  Heart, Government, Matter

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• I want to thank you for coming to the White House to give me an opportunity to urge you to work with these five senators and three congressmen, to work hard to get this trade promotion authority moving. The power that be, well most of the power that be, sits right here.

  George W. Bush

  Moving, Hard Work, Humor

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• The image of a free constitution was preserved with decent reverence: the Roman senate appeared to possess the sovereign authority, and devolved on the emperors all the executive powers of government. During a happy period (A.D. 98-180) of more than fourscore years, the public administration was conducted by the virtue and abilities of Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, and the two Antonines.

  Edward Gibbon

  Two, Government, Years

  Edward Gibbon (2009). “The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Edited and Abridged): Abridged Edition”, p.48, Modern Library

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• The emperor of the East was no longer guided by the wisdom and authority of his elder brother, whose death happened towards the end of the preceding year: and, as the distressful situation of the Goths required an instant and peremptory decision, he was deprived of the favourite resource of feeble and timid minds; who consider the use of dilatory and ambiguous measures as the most admirable efforts of consummate prudence.

  Edward Gibbon

  Brother, Years, History

  Edward Gibbon (2008). “The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire”, p.94, Cosimo, Inc.

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• When people in authority want the rest of us to behave, it matters-first and foremost-how they behave.

  Malcolm Gladwell

  People, Want, Matter

  Malcolm Gladwell (2013). “David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants”, p.147, Hachette UK

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• I was the girl in the black leather jacket with the black fingernails, picked up after school by guys with loud cars and motorcycles. I carried straight-A grades, but I had a little trouble with rules. I tended to have a bit of an authority problem.

  Melissa Marr

  Girl, School, Leather Jackets

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• Islam never differentiates between men and women as regards political rights and puts them on an equal footing. However, even if a woman is qualified for leadership, when it comes to posts of authority such as presidency, Muslim scholars unanimously agree that it is impermissible for a woman to assume such a post because in this case she is in charge of her people's affairs.

  Yusuf al-Qaradawi

  Men, Rights, People

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• All of the evidence highlights the implicit bargain that is offered to citizens: pose no challenge and you have nothing to worry about. Mind your own business, and support or at least tolerate what we do, and you'll be fine. Put differently, you must refrain from provoking the authority that wields surveillance powers if you wish to be deemed free of wrongdoing. This is a deal that invites passivity, obedience, and conformity. The safest course, the way to ensure being “left alone,” is to remain quiet, unthreatening, and compliant.

  Glenn Greenwald

  Worry, Support, Challenges

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