#authority

Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence. ↗

— Leonardo da Vinci

#much #nothing #silence #strengthens

Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory. ↗

— Leonardo da Vinci

#appealing #argument #authority #conducts #his

For those men who, sooner or later, are lucky enough to break away from the pack, the most intoxicating moment comes when they cease being bodies in other men's command and find that they control their own time, when they learn their own voice and authority. ↗

— Theodore White

#away #being #bodies #break #cease

The burnt odor in Washington is from the disintegrating authority of the governing classes. ↗

— William Greider

#burnt #classes #disintegrating #governing #odor

Most kids will not volunteer to eat veggies. At times you must step up to the plate and enforce the rule of authority as a parent. ↗

— Lee Haney

#eat #enforce #kids #most #must

The victory of Hamas is not only based on the corruption of the Palestinian Authority. Hamas has a vision and a program, and this is the reason why the Palestinian people chose Hamas. However, there is no doubt that the corruption helped Hamas's victory. ↗

— Ismail Haniyeh

#based #chose #corruption #doubt #hamas

After so many cases of terror attacks related to Islamic militancy remaining unresolved in the last few years, the government has no moral authority to stay in power. ↗

— Sheikh Hasina

#attacks #authority #cases #few #government

At home in Ireland, there's a habit of avoidance, an ironical attitude towards the authority figure. ↗

— Seamus Heaney

#authority #avoidance #figure #habit #home

What we really need to be understanding is that all of these things matter and they all stem from the fact that certain people live with power and authority and they want to maintain it. ↗

— Anita Hill

#certain #fact #live #maintain #matter

In other words, the Church acknowledges Science as the higher authority. ↗

— Wilhelm Ostwald

#church #higher #in other words #other #science