Sentence examples similar to desiring authority from inspiring English sources

A megalomaniac who desired authority (and access to luxuries) at all costs, Göth agreed to the inflated production tables that Pemper drew up for him.

In the face of such uncertainties, America is entitled to ask its allies for their help and understanding, but not to demand it.If American persuasion and evidence can wring the desired authority out of the Security Council, so much the better.

They do not think that virtue consists in subsuming their needs and desires to the authority of tradition.

If the contract contains givebacks desired by the authority, the local president, Roger Toussaint, could blame the arbitration process.

Jesus preached a message of freedom, but the church has discovered that it is not freedom that humankind desires; it is authority.

Such criticism is produced out a desire for authority on the side of critics, and for protection on the part of the audience.

The Russian authorities' desire to do something dramatic is understandable.

Even a few locals seemed to think that the authorities' desire to present Poreč as a place of Sonoma-like gentility was overdone.

Macau's upcoming resorts will emphasize entertainment and shopping over gambling as casino operators bow to authorities' desire to shed the city's image as a sleazy, vice-ridden gambling haven to become a family friendly global tourist destination.

Caracci's more-decorous style, closely attuned to the church authorities' desire to control and subdue a large shifting population of actual poor increasingly perceived as a threat to social order would gradually gain the ascendancy.

Although the authorities desired quick results, and in some instances physical coercion occurred, they soon realized that literal enforcement of a one-child guideline for everyone would stir up a storm.