Moral authority is never retained by any attempt to hold on to it. It comes without seeking and is retained without effort.
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Moral authority comes from following universal and timeless principles like honesty, integrity, treating people with respect.
To say that authority, whether secular or religious, supplies no ground for morality is not to deny the obvious fact that it supplies a sanction.
There is no moral authority like that of sacrifice.
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.
Those who enjoy responsibility usually get it; those who merely like exercising authority usually lose it.
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.
Morality may consist solely in the courage of making a choice.
The struggle for morality never stays won. It's always in process.
Authority is not a quality one person 'has', in the sense that he has property or physical qualities. Authority refers to an interpersonal relation in which one person looks upon another as somebody superior to him.
But the relationship of morality and power is a very subtle one. Because ultimately power without morality is no longer power.
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