Sentence examples for accumulating authority from inspiring English sources

"They're a Government's way of accumulating authority... a brazen means of taking water, land and irrigation away from the poor and gifting it to the rich".

However, Ed would soon be seen as simply the leader, and begin to accumulate authority.

As @scobleizer describes Rackspace's move to Chatter, you get the idea that social media is not just the province of the Ashton's and Lady Gaga's, but a million personal clouds that resonate with accumulated authority and credibility.

But it does mean that when the professional journalist enters onto the level playing field of writing about, say, the mortal illness of a parent, the professional loses his accumulated authority.

And there is some kind of symmetry here - with social networking and blogging representing an instant electronic version of accumulating the authority of many individual voices.

MATTATHIAS SCHWARTZ: The OWS movement has a real taboo on individuals accumulating power or authority over others.

There is also festering tension between military leaders and pro-Chávez groups who view some in the armed forces as overstepping their authority, illicitly accumulating fortunes or simply as incompetent managers.

After the An Shi Rebellion, the autonomous power and authority accumulated by the jiedushi in Hebei went beyond the central government's control.

Prompted by a seemingly endless series of crises since the Great Depression and World War II, presidents have accumulated ever-greater authority, partly through usurpation, but more often than not through forfeiture.  .

Individuals or groups guided by such values are focused on getting material resources and accumulating power while they cherish authority.

Evidence is accumulating of efforts by the Jordanian authorities to force Syrians to move from private accommodation into camps or face deportation.