Pastoral Resources

American democracy must be a failure because it places the supreme authority in the hands of the poorest and most ignorant part of the society.

Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.

I get involved if a problem comes up after the death has been investigated by the local authority.

Blanche is written with a terrible authority, the authority that comes from artistic necessity when the writer is compelled to write by his demon, rather than by his agent or promoter.

As a result of my study, I came to the conclusion that a common supreme authority was undesirable.

The Palestinian Authority refuses on an ongoing basis to take the necessary steps to prevent terrorists from getting into Israel.

We've broken the code base into logical chunks, called modules, and the foundation staff delegate authority for the modules to people with the most expertise.

I have been given the authority over you, and I am not the best of you. If I do well, help me; and if I do wrong, set me right. Sincere regard for truth.

I bow before the authority of special men because it is imposed upon me by my own reason.

Does it follow that I reject all authority? Perish the thought. In the matter of boots, I defer to the authority of the boot-maker.

But I recognize no infallible authority, even in special questions; consequently, whatever respect I may have for the honesty and the sincerity of such or such an individual, I have no absolute faith in any person.

Where the people possess no authority, their rights obtain no respect.

The best government rests on the people, and not on the few, on persons and not on property, on the free development of public opinion and not on authority.

People are so afraid of authority figures and doctors are authority figures.

Death is the sanction of everything the story-teller can tell. He has borrowed his authority from death.

Punishment may make us obey the orders we are given, but at best it will only teach an obedience to authority, not a self-control which enhances our self-respect.

But I was amazed at how organized the Palestinian election authority was, how competent they were in setting up their polling places and the poll workers they had.

Destiny: A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure.

The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.

Rock gives children, on a silver platter, with all the public authority of the entertainment industry, everything their parents always used to tell them they had to wait for until they grew up and would understand later.