I don't tend to think in terms of a moral authority - be a good boy, do good things - more in terms of what feels right.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Moral authority comes from following universal and timeless principles like honesty, integrity, treating people with respect.
I have a strong moral sense - by my standards.
I believe I'm a better authority than anybody else in America on my own wife. I have never known a person with a stronger sense of right and wrong in my life ever.
Circumstances dictate your set of values, your set of morals.
Authority is mainly a moral power; therefore, it must first call upon the conscience, that is, upon the duty that each person has to contribute willingly to the common good.
The individual makes a clear effort to define moral values and principles that have validity and application apart from the authority of the groups of persons holding them and apart from the individual's own identification with the group.
Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.
In order to be respected, authority has got to be respectable.
The world is yearning for strong leadership and moral clarity; someone who knows the difference between good and bad.
I think I'm a natural-born leader. I know how to bow down to authority if it's authority that I respect.