#authorities

China and the U.S. are two societies with very different attitudes towards opinion and criticism. In China, I am constantly under surveillance. Even my slightest, most innocuous move can - and often is - censored by Chinese authorities. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

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The American press has the blues. Too many authorities have assured it that its days are numbered, too many good newspapers are in ruins. ↗

— Russell Baker

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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

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

— George Phillips Bond

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