Pastoral Resources

Now they call in all of the authority figures they can find and hire them - the cost has gone up. The picture may or may not get better, but definitely, it gets more cumbersome.

How many Catholic schools do you think teach the students to question the authority of the Pope? Do you believe Christian schools teach students to question or challenge the authority of Jesus Christ? Do military schools teach the cadets to challenge the authority.

The National Intelligence Director needs the authority to do the job we are asking him to do. That means power over the intelligence budget. And to be effective, to be allowed to do his or her job, they must have authority over the budget.

Though no one wants war, Congress needed to give the President the authority he needs to protect America while encouraging the use of diplomacy and negotiations to try and arrive at a peaceful solution to this problem.

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

Of course the UN brings in a lot of moral authority.

This means that the search for a formula of European cooperation in connection with the League of Nations, far from weakening the authority of this latter must and can only tend to strengthen it, for it is closely connected with its aims.

There is no stopping the world's tendency to throw off imposed restraints, the religious authority that is based on the ignorance of the many, the political authority that is based on the knowledge of the few.

The president overstepped his authority when he asked the NSA to eavesdrop on Americans' international phone calls without obtaining a warrant.

I believe in a lively disrespect for most forms of authority.

It was necessary to bluff the Japanese camp commanders, with whatever authority I could muster, that I had come officially to ensure that the surrender terms were being complied with and that living conditions for the POWs were being immediately improved.

Creation implies authority in the sense of originator. The possibility of a 'Fall' is implied in a Covenant insofar as the idea of a Covenant implies the possibility of its being violated.

Any commander who fails to exceed his authority is not of much use to his subordinates.

A revolution is an act of violence whereby one class shatters the authority of another.

I have as much authority as the Pope, I just don't have as many people who believe it.

To see and be acquainted with strangers, in especial with men in honour and authority.

Just because people are in authority, if it doesn't seem right, don't do it. If it violates your own principles, don't do it.

All wars come to an end, at least temporarily. But the authority acquired by the state hangs on; political power never abdicates.

All my authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.