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Authority

(noun) The power to enforce rules or give orders. Example: "I have the authority to penalise the staff in my department, but not the authority to sack them."

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"It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong."
— Voltaire
"Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts."
— Voltaire
"It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority."
— Benjamin Franklin
"Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people."
— Thomas Jefferson
"If there is disturbance in the camp, the general's authority is weak."
— Sun Tzu
"Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more."
— Mark Twain
"The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise."
— Socrates

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