Famous Quotes & Sayings

Erich Fromm

Authority is not a quality one person ''has,'' in the sense that he has property or physical qualities. Authority refers to an interpersonal relation in which one person looks upon another as somebody superior to him.

Jay Rosen

Authority in an interactive world comes from communicating, not from avoiding communication. Explaining yourself is not navel-gazing. It's a part of democracy.

Authority founded on injustice is never of long duration.

Authorities from both sides involved are currently pursuing the matter with a view of reaching peaceful settlement.

Authorities are also putting more X-ray equipment to carry out thorough searches on vehicles,

Tariq Aziz

available as long as it is necessary for the Iraqi authorities to continue this dialogue.

Jim Leach

As long as it's laying dormant, there are no disturbed fibers loose in the air, we don't have any authority over it,

Henry Hyde

As it stands, the situation is both strange and unusual in that the Indian authorities know more about this important proposal than we in Congress.

Bill Clinton

The mistake that they made is that when they kicked out Saddam, they decided to dismantle the whole authority structure of Iraq. ... We never sent enough troops and didn't have enough troops to control or seal the borders,

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Robert A. Heinlein

Everything is theoretically impossible, until it is done. One could write a history of science in reverse by assembling the solemn pronouncements of highest authority about what could not be done and could never happen.

Benjamin had like a quiet presence, but a presence that gave you a sense of authority and of being in control,

Every Liquor License Authority item, I have to step down.

Vince Lombardi

Football is like life -- it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.

It's not unusual. We have no authority to hold them if they can make the bail.

It's the Constitution of the United States. It's the recognized authority both of the national government and of the state governments, creating a dual chain of command.

It's tantamount to devaluation. We'll have to see whether the authorities can keep the devaluation controlled or not.

It's the most expansive vision of the executive power of a president in our lifetime. To suggest that (Congress has) given him a blanket authority to do what he has done is a vast stretch.

Ryan Smith

It's like bouncing my head off the wall. Something has to be done where (authority members) work closer with the people.

It is very seldom that the NTC has used its power and authority to close down radio stations and TV stations, only when the situation calls for it.

Galileo is made in Europe by Europeans. If the Americans want to scramble GPS, they can do it whenever they want . . . whereas our system is a civilian-based system run by a civilian authority and would be completely autonomous.

Federica Montseny

Authority is something from which we are constantly subtracting, of which there remains always a residue, and which we attempt to make smaller and smaller.

Chad Johnson

Thanks to higher authority, I can't open my mouth, period, all week.

James Baker

Some will argue, as was done in 1990, that going for United Nations authority and not getting it will weaken our case,

David Mitchell

Depending on how far he goes with his recommendations this could have a big impact on how politics is managed and how government exercises its authority in the decades to come,

Michael Williams

Denying reimbursement to the city of Tyler, while difficult, was the right thing to do under law because the commission has no authority that has not been given to it by the Texas Legislature. We must correctly interpret the law.

Kevin O'Connor

Any decent person, using their common sense would know they no longer have the authority to be in a homicide scene.

Anything that we are able legally and morally to share with a prosecutor or authority of any country, we will be more than willing to do that,

As authority is transferred back to an Iraqi administration in mid-2004, the reconstruction of vital oil installations will provide jobs, skills and technology to the Iraq people.

As a foreign minister, I have to respect the authority to look after the best interest of the child is, as always, in my country like in India, with the parents and the family. But in extreme cases, the situation is open for the child protection authority to intervene.

As a concept, I support a downtown arena, ... Unlike the last deal, this one should be totally financed by the sports authority and venue users unless the city will be receiving a meaningful piece of the revenue stream.

George W. Bush

As a mark of respect for the memory of Rosa Parks, I hereby order, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States of America, that on the day of her interment, the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff,

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