System fails when people with ability don't have authority and people with authority don't have ability.
— Amit KalantriWho is watching the Watchers?
— James HauensteinEarthly authorities respect only visible and tangible forces.
— Sunday AdelajaIf the authorities under various false pretenses, continue curtailing the rights of citizens, so that they merely become serfs to a handful of multinational companies, a global rebellion of ordinary people against super capitalism is certainly not inconceivable.
— A.J. BeirensIf you have problems with your earthly authorities it may be probably because you have not been praying enough for your leaders.
— Sunday AdelajaBut psychology is a more tricky field, in which even outstanding authorities have been known to run in circles, 'describing things which everyone knows in language which no one understands'.
— Raymond CattellThe word grows mad on the fermentOf angry actions, the authorities can only inflictVisible punishments. Now regard with the unpracticedInner eye the unseen presence of Judgement thenYou will understand the nature of your soul's torment.
— Jalaluddin Rumi