#authority

At various times during the last four thousand years God has asserted his rights and endeavoured to establish his own authority, his own laws, and his own government among the children of men. ↗

— Orson Pratt

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I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led, and bearding every authority which stood in their way. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

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Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

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I'm not a food critic, and I'm not really an authority to write anything on food. ↗

— Alex Kapranos

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Lawyer acted without authority from our band. He had no right to sell the Wallowa country. ↗

— Chief Joseph

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I prize the conditions under which I have lived because they have permitted me to choose my opportunities, to inquire into such matters as interested me, and to publish what I believed to be true, uncontrolled by any central authority. ↗

— Arthur Keith

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The proper balance between individual liberty and central authority is a very ancient problem. ↗

— Arthur Keith

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I think the Supreme Court does have the authority, which is not used, to declare a blanket right for all people, all adults. ↗

— Jack Kevorkian

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In most of Pakistan it is a feudal country. People are very scared and oppressed by authority. But when you move to these wilder areas, they are not so easily suppressed. ↗

— Imran Khan

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That's my main flaw: I always think authority figures or my boss is going to think something I do is funny. And usually they don't. ↗

— Jimmy Kimmel

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