1,121 Quotes About Authority

Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish.

And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors.

And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.

I think that any time a president lies, he undermines his own authority and squanders the people's trust.

Home rule gave city and county councils the authority to redistrict themselves, but it did not do that for school boards. The delegation, through the General Assembly, is the sole authority for changing school board district lines. A lot of delegations don't even let the school boards look at their plan until it's drawn up and done.

The opposition knows that if there is any popular revolt it will sweep them all away -- both the authorities and the opposition.

David has always been one of those quietly influential staffers that has an impact all of out proportion to their public profile. He knows how to get things done, and when he talks, people listen because they know he has the authority of the vice president behind him.

We are working with the authorities... it is a complex issue of legal processes... not only do the bodies have to be legally released from Bahrain, but there has to be someone in the country its being flown to, to accept it.

I offered to do the legal work on that contract. The authority declined to have us do the work for them for free. So the first time I saw the contract it was a done deal.