In the past, the British had signally failed to build an effective structure of royal authority and administration in their American colonies. As a result, no possibility existed of soothing and winning over influential and talented Americans, in the way that influential and talented Scotsmen were increasingly being won over, by giving them increased access to state employment.
I think when judges are in the position of authority, they really get bent out of shape when someone tells them they acted inappropriately.
You have authority over every storm you can sleep in
I have as much authority as the Pope, I just don't have as many people who believe it.
The use of force stands in need of control by a public neutral authority, in the interests of liberty no less than of justice. Within a nation, this public authority will naturally be the state; in relations between nations, if the present anarchy is to cease, it will have to be some international parliament.
No art can conquer the people alone-the people are conquered by an ideal of life upheld by authority.
A substantial proportion of people do what they are told to do, irrespective of the content of the act, and without pangs of conscience, so long as they perceive that the command comes from a legitimate authority.
New faces have more authority than accustomed ones.
Many argue that Christianity is "different" from other religions - that it is primarily about love of one's fellow man. The Crusades, The Inquisition, Calvin's Geneva all prove that this is not the case. These events were pre-eminently about obedience to authority.
Ninety percent of the students take the 'preferred lender. ' Why? Because that's the nature of the relationship. You trust the school. The school is in a position of authority.
Over the years, Americans in particular have been all too willing to squander their hard-earned independence and freedom for the illusion of feeling safe under someone else's authority. The concept of self-sufficiency has been undermined in value over a scant few generations. The vast majority of the population seems to look down their noses upon self-reliance as some quaint dusty relic, entertained only by the hyperparanoid or those hopelessly incapable of fitting into mainstream society.
Authority forgets a dying king.
If a murder is committed privately it is considered a crime. But if it happens with the authority of the state, they call it courage.
Historically, America has answered to a higher authority.
You either believe that people respond to authority, or that they respond to kindness and inclusion. I'm obviously in the latter camp. I think that people respond better to reward than punishment.
Let us be true: this is the highest maxim of art and of life, the secret of eloquence and of virtue, and of all moral authority.
I call religion a natural authority, but it has usually been conceived as a supernatural authority.
Crack-brained meddling by the authorities [can] aggravate an existing crisis.
A state that privatizes most of its functions will inevitably defend itself by employing its own people as mercenaries
I don't feel I can speak with authority for many other people.