#authorities

Each department and institution has its own authorities and responsibilities, and they act on that basis. It is wrong to even compare such actions to what is done in Guantanamo or elsewhere by the Americans. They do not stand on a high moral platform to preach to others. ↗

— Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

#actions #authorities #basis #compare #department

We sincerely ask the Beijing authorities across the Strait to view the election result from a positive perspective, to accept the democratic decision of the Taiwanese people. ↗

— Chen Shui-bian

#across #ask #authorities #beijing #decision

A great many things have been pronounced untrue and absurd, and even impossible, by the highest authorities in the age in which they lived, which have afterwards, and, indeed, within a very short period, been found to be both possible and true. ↗

— Catherine Crowe

#afterwards #age #authorities #been #both

Madam: If you discover any more comets, can you not wait until they are announced by the proper authorities? ↗

— George Phillips Bond

#any #authorities #discover #madam #more

Our memories are card indexes consulted and then returned in disorder by authorities whom we do not control. ↗

— Cyril Connolly

#card #consulted #control #disorder #memories

Only one thing is certain: if pot is legalized, it won't be for our benefit but for the authorities. To have it legalized will also be to lose control of it. ↗

— Germaine Greer

#authorities #benefit #certain #control #legalized

When the authorities warn you of the dangers of having sex, there is an important lesson to be learned. Do not have sex with the authorities. ↗

— Matt Groening

#dangers #having #important #important lesson #learned

When authorities warn you of the sinfulness of sex, there is an important lesson to be learned. Do not have sex with the authorities. ↗

— Matt Groening

#important #important lesson #learned #lesson #sex

When I played, I received racial abuse but I was just one of a few black players and we weren't backed up by the authorities. ↗

— Ruud Gullit

#authorities #backed #black #few #i

We are not directly involved in Syria. But we will be working with our partners in the European Union and at the United Nations to see if we can persuade the Syrian authorities to go, as I say, more in that direction of respect for democracy and human rights. ↗

— William Hague

#democracy #direction #directly #european #european union