Sentence examples for confront authority from inspiring English sources
Social identity theorists argue that groups may establish or develop a norm to confront authority or behave in extreme ways; when people's group identity is salient, they follow those norms more closely.
Adults will regularly tell young people about how lucky we are that the world has changed so much that we are able to do things like come out, hold protests, confront authority.
Judas Iscariot, for his 30 pieces of silver, may simply have believed he was arranging a meeting between Pontius Pilate and Christ - whose natural instinct was to confront authority.
The skill and the courage of police officers in the line of fire is matched by an underlying anti-authoritarian bravado, as in a signal moment when Tommy (who's already in trouble for his insubordination) speaks up to confront authority, suggesting the freedom and the cowboy-like characters that are essential to an effective bureaucracy.
Despite our disposition to confront authority and allies, however, we still hold unqualified respect for work that Mr. Medina and others have done.
Her willingness to openly confront authorities makes her stand out among Tibetans.
Moddi's reinvention of the tune provides welcome proof of music's continuing, if underemployed, power to confront authorities: he was refused permission to film its video in a church on his country's border with Russia.
The willingness of these young people to confront authorities in Washington and elsewhere is a far cry from the approach of most illegal immigrants, who are usually anxious to avoid calling attention to themselves.
This is not the first time Denisov has confronted authority.
Soucie said that Winslow, like many people who falsely confess, had "greater anxiety confronting authority than dealing with whatever punishment that authority imposes".
Anyone who ever advocated demonstrating, dis obeyed police, confronted authority, participated vio lently in "his own or his organization's stated goals" (sic) must tell all.
