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You don't give God authority over your life. He has it, totally. -- John Piper
Celebrity distorts democracy by giving the rich, beautiful, and famous more authority than they deserve. -- Maureen Dowd
We passed important laws to give the authorities responsible for investigation wide powers to defend us. -- George Pataki
I have never refused to talk to any authorities or give them any information I had. -- Sam Sheppard
We have to give value to authority. We have to give value to office, being in office, holding office. -- James Hillman
I don't use 'always do this,' 'never say that' and I never give advice because I'm not the end-all, be-all authority. -- Kevyn Aucoin
Democrats believe we must have comprehensive health care reform that includes giving the federal government authority to negotiate lower prices with drug companies. -- Jim Clyburn
I did say that in-group, authority and purity are necessary for the maintenance of order, but I would never give them a blanket endorsement. -- Jonathan Haidt
When we consistently suppress and distrust our intuitive knowingness, looking instead for authority, validation, and approval from others, we give our personal power away. -- Shakti Gawain
If you're going to give people authority and hold them responsible and ultimately accountable for their performance, you've got to get out of the way. -- Randy Lerner
Every one of our greatest national treasures, our liberty, enterprise, vitality, wealth, military power, global authority, flow from a surprising source: our ability to give thanks. -- Tony Snow
You always hear about delegation, but people make the mistake of delegating and not following up. I give authority, but I stay in touch. Otherwise it doesn't work. -- Wayne Huizenga
I voted no on the resolution to give the president authority to go to war against Iraq. I was able to apply caveat emptor. Most of my colleagues could not. -- Bob Graham
It's downright undignified how many blazers I've bought over the years. And will continue to buy. They immediately give shape and add authority. With the perfect blazer, anything is possible. -- Rashida Jones
When we wrote the Constitution, the intention was to give the commander in chief the authority how to use the forces when you authorize him to be able to use the forces. -- Joe Biden
Though no one wants war, Congress needed to give the President the authority he needs to protect America while encouraging the use of diplomacy and negotiations to try and arrive at a peaceful solution to this problem. -- Allen Boyd
Rock gives children, on a silver platter, with all the public authority of the entertainment industry, everything their parents always used to tell them they had to wait for until they grew up and would understand later. -- Allan Bloom
Outside of the Constitution we have no legal authority more than private citizens, and within it we have only so much as that instrument gives us. This broad principle limits all our functions and applies to all subjects. -- Andrew Johnson
We'll have a public power authority, which will also have the ability to build power or finance power. And more importantly, we'll have more power than our economy provides. All of that will give us leverage we don't have today. -- Gray Davis
Some people call it the 'Al Jazeera spirit' - courage, re-thinking authority, giving a voice to the voiceless. We have never been favored by the authority. The human being is the center of our editorial policy. We are not a TV station that rushes after stars, big names, press conferences, hand-shake journalism. -- Wadah Khanfar
Great leaders gain authority by giving it away. -- James Stockdale
Giving people like Dodd and Frank more authority is like rewarding an arsonist with gasoline and matches. -- Daniel J. Mitchell
The commander must establish personal and comradely contact with his men, but without giving away one inch of authority. -- Erwin Rommel
Giving orders you know won't be obeyed is one of the best ways I know to destroy your own authority. -- David Weber
Friendship is to be purchased only by friendship. A man may have authority over others, but he can never have their hearts but by giving his own. -- Thomas F. Wilson
I believe in white supremacy until the blacks are educated to the point of responsibility. I don`t believe in giving authority and positions of leadership and judgment to irresponsible people. -- John Wayne

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