The authority of any governing institution must stop at its citizen's skin.
Homo sapiens is the species that invents symbols in which to invest passion and authority, then forgets that symbols are inventions.
I'll be on my third honeymoon, so I'm more of an authority than I care to be.
For thousands of years, humans believed that authority came from the gods. Then, during the modern era, humanism gradually shifted authority from deities to people.
I make no claim to be an authority on writing or illustrating for children.
We have to hate our immediate predecessors to get free of their authority.
No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority.
Past experience has shown that the Islamists gain space when civilian authority weakens.
Obedience to lawful authority is the foundation of manly character.
I don't have any authority over Linux other than this notion that I know what I'm doing.
Money has transformed every watchdog, every independent authority. Medical doctors are increasingly gulled by the lobbying of pharmaceutical salesmen.
A teacher should have maximal authority, and minimal power.
Nearly everywhere monarchs raised themselves further above the level of the greatest nobles and buttressed their new pretensions to respect and authority with cannons and taxation.
There is no moral authority like that of sacrifice.
Trump is as hollow a vessel as there has ever been in the White House. His rule lacks even a shred of moral authority.
Of course the UN brings in a lot of moral authority.
If the Pope spoke out with moral authority against violent Islam, I would be there cheering him on.
The people in general ought to have regard to the moral character of those whom they invest with authority either in the legislative, executive, or judicial branches.
Whenever there is authority, there is a natural inclination to disobedience.
I went into jail with absolutely no respect whatsoever for authority, and I came out with even less.