People can choose to pay rent or buy or build their own houses. These are some ways people meet their basic human needs. Some people experience better standards of living, they eat better food, wear nicer clothes and live in bigger houses than other people. While people can be happy with less, those who do not meet all three basic needs may not survive. Back Authority Figures Authority figures set standards, enforce the law, or maintain social order in the absence of laws.
Most people respect authority and comply with the written or spoken rules.
Authority figures include parents and grandparents, school teachers and principals, police officers, clergy, military officers, and others in positions of authority. A symbol is something which stands for or suggests something else. It can be a visible sign of something which is intangible. The Statue of Liberty, for example, is a symbol of freedom. Prior to 1777 the patriots fought under the Grand Union flag.