Authority
Authority (from the Latin auctoritas) is a right conferred by recognized social position. Authority often refers to power vested in an individual or organization by the state. Authority can also refer to recognized expertise in an area of academic knowledge. An Authority (capitalized) refers to a governing body upon which certain authority (with lower case a) is vested.
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Famous quotes containing the word authority:
“Destiny. A tyrants authority for crime and a fools excuse for failure.”
—Ambrose Bierce (18421914)
“Does it follow that I reject all authority? Perish the thought. In the matter of boots, I defer to the authority of the bootmaker.”
—Mikhail Bakunin (18141876)
“I believe Im a better authority than anybody else in America on my own wife. I have never known a person with a stronger sense of right and wrong in my lifeever.”
—Bill Clinton (b. 1946)