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  • Justin Bieberundefined Offline
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    Justin Bieber
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    Legal or rightful power; a right to command or to act;
    power exercised buy a person in virtue of his office or trust;
    dominion; jurisdiction; authorization; as, the authority of a prince
    over subjects, and of parents over children; the authority of a court.

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      A position of [power] over people. Most people critize authority until they eventially come into power. Then they [complain] when they are critized. [Hypocrites].

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        [the man] who wants to [keep] [you down]

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          The power or right to give orders, make decisions, and enforce obedience.

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            the moral or legal right or ability to control:

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              Mary Mallozziberg
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              what you [must] [respect]

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                The power to enforce rules or give orders.

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