1,121 Quotes About Authority

What authority does the United States have to gesticulate and make improper comments about China's defensive national defense policy and measures? ... China expresses strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition.

We'll wait until preliminary results come in and then insist on a vote recount. If the authorities refuse to do so, we'll campaign to ensure that the election is declared unconstitutional.

When we terminate this mandate, we have no authority to hand it over to the UN. This is not our business.

We therefore urge the local authority to be innovative and forge partnerships with the private sector for the purpose of joint ventures in the provision of housing to those in need of accommodation.

Broad claims of authority and broad claims of illegality are equally suspect.

Do you believe that we have the authority and the power to pass legislation to free ourselves from the stains of racial discrimination?

In order to overcome the spirit that creates war, mothers must begin in the tender years of childhood to teach children that right must be the foundation of all might, that authority can be exercised without the help of fists.

The hearing will be conducted tomorrow because of the transcendental importance of the issues involved. There is authority for the view that the court will decide the question even if it has been rendered moot.

Rather than provide for meaningful protections to ensure that large cable and telecommunications companies don't use their network ownership to impede competition, the bill strips the Federal Communications Commission of its authority to establish meaningful rules to protect consumers from these discriminatory practices.