Authority Quotes

Quotes on leadership, responsibility, and holding authority.

Authority in these quotes tends to be practical rather than abstract, showing up as a treasurer's power to weigh in on spending decisions or a driver's role within a transit system. That grounded angle fits well with Government quotes.

The man whose authority is recent is always stern.

Quotes by Aeschylus

It won't be a question of how well-trained or well-equipped the army is but one of the authority it serves.

Quotes by Adnan Pachachi

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Defending Congressional authority should not be a partisan issue.

Quotes by Adam Cohen

The civil rights and antiwar movements taught Americans to question authority.

Quotes by Adam Cohen

Your former Fathers the Spaniards have now no further Authority over you.

Quotes by Zebulon Pike

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

Quotes by William O. Douglas

We have disciplinary authority and will use it when appropriate.

Quotes by William Hedgcock Webster

The burnt odor in Washington is from the disintegrating authority of the governing classes.

Quotes by William Greider

If you have no authority to legislate my freedoms, then I'm truly free, at least from you.

Quotes by William A. Dembski

We live in cautious times where HR has a very inflated sense of authority over companies.

Quotes by Will Speck

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One reflection questions how easily people can be expected to defer to authority without pausing to think it through. For related ideas on leadership and conduct, see Being quotes and Always quotes.