I wasn’t good with authority, went to lots of schools, didn’t like the fact that there was no autonomy. – Nigella Lawson
I do not espouse the unitarian position. President Clinton’s assertion of directive authority over administration, more than President Reagan’s assertion of a general supervisory authority, raises serious constitutional questions. – Elena Kagan
The P.L.O., and later the Palestinian Authority, never truly accepted that Israel, as the national state and homeland of the Jewish people, was here to stay. – Danny Danon
It is a great matter to be in authority over others; for authority, if it be rightly used, will make you feared beyond your actual resources. – Francesco Guicciardini
I have as much authority as the Pope, I just don’t have as many people who believe it. – George Carlin
The President sends us a billion-page paper that shows how he would spend the money if he were spending the money. He doesn’t have the authority to spend the money. He doesn’t spend $1 of the money. – Michael Enzi
The Palestinian Authority refuses on an ongoing basis to take the necessary steps to prevent terrorists from getting into Israel. – David Baker
In an age that is sometimes nowadays frightening or confusing, we feel reassured by the almost parental-like authority of experts who tell us so clearly what it is we can and cannot do. – Noreena Hertz
Christ has not only ordained that there shall be such officers in his Church – he has not only specified their duties and prerogatives – but he gives the requisite qualifications, and calls those thus qualified, and by that call gives them their official authority. – Charles Hodge
I obviously identify with the anti-authority figure. I’ve pretty much always had problems with authority, ever since I was a kid. – Denis Leary
As a result of my study, I came to the conclusion that a common supreme authority was undesirable. – Fredrik Bajer
The Orderly Liquidation Authority prescribed by Dodd-Frank should be repealed and replaced by an amendment to the U.S. Bankruptcy Code which would operate to prevent cross-default provisions from impacting derivatives books so long as mark-to-market payments are being made in a timely fashion. – Paul Singer
I just remember that pivotal moment when you’re a young adult, and you realize that these authority figures are human beings, too, and they’re figuring out their lives just as you are, and they’re flawed. – Gia Coppola
Under the Articles of Confederation, the national government had the power to issue commands to the several sovereign states, but it had no authority to govern individuals directly. – David Souter
Our second remark is, that the office is of divine appointment, not merely in the sense in which the civil powers are ordained of God, but in the sense that ministers derive their authority from Christ, and not from the people. – Charles Hodge
We begin the process of being born again through exercising faith in Christ, repenting of our sins, and being baptized by immersion for the remission of sins by one having priesthood authority. – David A. Bednar
I worked in the White House on 9/11, where the vice president was given the authority to, if he deemed necessary, shoot down an American passenger jet. – Nicolle Wallace
One thing I want to make clear, as far as my own rebirth is concerned, the final authority is myself and no one else, and obviously not China’s Communists. – Dalai Lama
As writers we must, from our very opening sentence, speak with authority to our readers. – Michael Cunningham
My speculation is that the U.S. does not want to establish the principle that it has to defer to some higher authority before carrying out the use of violence. – Noam Chomsky