Funny - I was always under the impression that Rudy cleaned up New York by starting at the childhood level - you know, the part where parents are supposed to be holding the children responsible for what they do? Except the parents weren't held responsible themselves, so what can you expect from the kids. So there are kids who've never known a day of discipline in their lives, and Rudy talks about respect for authority.
I gather your oppose someone taking authority over anybody's kids? What if someone else's kids come in and start destroying your property? Do you want a law-and-order community where those little hellions are held responsible for their actions, or do you want someone who says we have to "respect their culture" and "not profile anyone."
Can't using the word "authority" just be what it is? Enforcing the law at smaller offenses so the larger ones don't happen?
That's one of the reasons for the second amendment.
I don't need Rudy to tell me how to deal with that situation.
Depends on context. In this case, it means more than you would presume, I think.
Read further and you will see this - "Freedom is about the willingness of every single human being to cede to lawful authority a great deal of discretion about what you do."
Do you believe that freedom means ceding (yeilding, surrendering)) to authority and allowing them the discretion to do what they think is lawful?