That's because we are all impressed by authoritative statements spiced with statistics.

This could be in the form of an authoritative statement from the archivist.

"There's a great sense in the literary community that this is a definitive and authoritative statement," he continued.

It also reports on authoritative statements from the North Korean government, party and military.

This is the authoritative statement in simple language that explains why we fight.

But the surviving remnant already constitutes a solemn and authoritative statement.

As it was, no authoritative statement was ever published by those who must have been best qualified to know.

The performance was an honest, authoritative statement of the piece.

But an authoritative legal statement on its copyright status does not exist, it seems.

I can't make an authoritative statement about exactly what went into every aspect of the decision.