Authority allows two roles: the torturer and the tortured. Twists people into joyless mannequins that fear and hate, while culture plunges into the abyss.

Authority, when first detecting chaos at its heels, will entertain the vilest schemes to save its orderly facade.

What we're looking at now is international tribunals which would have some authority over state government, and that's something that hasn't been thoroughly thought through, and that's concerning to governors and legislators.

He is old school. He's not a friend to the students, he's an authority figure. He is type of faculty member that students come to when they have problems. If they need a swift kick, he'd do that.

Too often, our concept of pastors and church leaders reinforces rather than obliterates the sad state of family life in our current context.

I'll be on my third honeymoon, so I'm more of an authority than I care to be.