Sentence examples for appetite for authority from inspiring English sources

He refused to delegate and he had an appetite for authority and power.

This view, which was Glucksmann's view, of an unappeasable war between modernity and a neo-medieval appetite for authority and absolute religious warfare, today must be more persuasive to more Parisians than it ever has been before.

May 21 , 1968— To the extent that the "social fever" gripping France (and threatening many other countries) springs from more than economic issues and simple appetite for office, it may perhaps be found in a pervasive distaste for centralized authority.

He was wise to: the public appetite for those in authority making fools of themselves is inversely proportional to the public's engagement with that very authority.

These denials are compounded by the Mexican authorities' appetite for ignoring the truth.

With no appetite for global government or global authorities the quest for harmonization across jurisdictions that have very different political, cultural and financial frameworks and traditions continues to prove elusive.

But the Chinese authorities do not have an appetite for being sucked in.

Scottish local authorities are showing a healthy appetite for change, partly facilitated by the evidence of the alternative witnessed on the other side of the border.

Thursday's announcement was the second and biggest step the authority had taken to reduce its appetite for coal.

As the appetite for Western rock heightened in the late '80s, the authorities decided to allow a few big names in.

Unlawful eviction is a criminal offence, but a criminal case requires a local authority to prosecute, and they have shown no appetite for prosecuting guardian companies.