#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

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

— Keith O'Brien

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Admittedly, the body of scientists, as a whole, does uphold the authority of science over the lay public. It controls thereby also the process by which young men are trained to become members of the scientific profession. ↗

— Michael Polanyi

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But in our age the appeal to authority is weak, and I am of my age. ↗

— Allen Tate

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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

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Moral authority is never retained by any attempt to hold on to it. It comes without seeking and is retained without effort. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

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There is no moral authority like that of sacrifice. ↗

— Nadine Gordimer

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Nor bigots who but one way see, through blinkers of authority. ↗

— Matthew Green

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Historically, America has answered to a higher authority. ↗

— Lee Greenwood

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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

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