A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
权威
Authority
In order to be respected, authority has got to be respectable.
为了得到尊重，权威必须是受人尊敬的。
In revolutions authority remains with the greatest scoundrels.
在革命中，权威仍然属于最伟大的恶棍。
People are always casting me for what they call my 'authority.'
人们总是把我塑造成他们所说的“权威”。
We have disciplinary authority and will use it when appropriate.
我们有纪律的权力，并会在适当的时候使用它。
Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.
不加思索地尊重权威是真理的最大敌人。
Freedom is the emancipation from the arbitrary rule of other men.
自由是从别人的专制统治中解放出来的。
A leading authority is anyone who has guessed right more than once.
任何猜对一次以上的人都是权威。
No statement should be believed because it is made by an authority.
任何陈述都不应该被相信，因为它是由权威人士发表的。
You can delegate authority, but you cannot delegate responsibility.
你可以授权，但不能授权责任。
Where the people possess no authority, their rights obtain no respect.
人民没有权威，他们的权利就得不到尊重。
How a minority, Reaching majority, Seizing authority, Hates a minority!
少数, 达到多数, 抓住权力, 讨厌少数!
Your former Fathers the Spaniards have now no further Authority over you.
你们从前的祖宗西班牙人、现在没有权柄管你们了。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
You can have power over people as long as you don't take everything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he's no longer in your power.
只要你不夺走别人的一切，你就能控制别人。但当你抢劫了一个人的一切，他就不在你的掌控之中了。
No man is good enough to govern any woman without her consent.
没有男人好到不经女人同意就支配她的地步。
We passed important laws to give the authorities responsible for investigation wide powers to defend us.
我们通过了重要的法律，赋予负责调查的当局广泛的权力来保护我们。
You do not lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership.
你不能打别人的头来领导别人——那是攻击，不是领导。
The hardest hit, as everywhere, are those who have no choice.
和其他地方一样，受打击最严重的是那些别无选择的人。
I think that's the most important job of a novelist - to bring authority to their writing.
我认为这是小说家最重要的工作——为他们的写作带来权威。