#authority

The more she rejected us the more convinced I was that she was another version of the real Molly, her disdain for authority, her scepticism that she had to do what the white man told her because it was good for her... She is Molly. ↗

— Phillip Noyce

#authority #because #convinced #disdain #good

Of the sayings of Christ in the Synoptic Gospels that can be compared to those in the fourth Gospel, there are one or two which I venture to think can only have been recorded on the authority of St. John. ↗

— Alfred Noyes

#been #christ #compared #fourth #gospel

No Government has the moral authority to dismantle the universally understood meaning of marriage. ↗

— Keith O'Brien

#dismantle #government #marriage #meaning #meaning of

The attractive idea that we can now have a parliament of man with authority to control the conduct of nations by legislation or an international police force with power to enforce national conformity to rules of right conduct is a counsel of perfection. ↗

— Elihu Root

#authority #conduct #conformity #control #counsel

Liberty is the possibility of doubting, the possibility of making a mistake, the possibility of searching and experimenting, the possibility of saying No to any authority - literary, artistic, philosophic, religious, social and even political. ↗

— Ignazio Silone

#artistic #authority #doubting #even #experimenting

Last year, Congress gave the Department of Defense the authority to design a new civilian personnel system for its employees as part of the defense authorization bill. ↗

— Norm Dicks

#authorization #bill #civilian #congress #defense

Since when have we Americans been expected to bow submissively to authority and speak with awe and reverence to those who represent us? ↗

— William O. Douglas

#awe #been #bow #expected #represent

Men of authority have employed all the destructive agents around them to promote their own personal interests at the sacrifice of every just, honorable, and lawful consideration. ↗

— John White Geary

#around #authority #consideration #destructive #employed

I undertake that, in the exercise of my functions of that office I will have regard to any guidance with respect to ethical standards issued by the secretary of state under Section 66 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999. ↗

— Kenneth Robert Livingstone

#any #authority #ethical #exercise #functions

To be a philosopher, just reverse everything you have ever been told...and have a sense of humor doing it. ↗

— Criss Jami

#challenging #challenging-authority #comedian #comedic #comedy