The Constitution has no inherent authority or obligation. It has no authority or obligation at all, unless as a contract between man… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
“God structures his authority based on how he operates internally—that is, how each member of the trinity sees and interacts with each… — Reid A. Ashbaucher Copy Share Image
Theologians are all alike, of whatever religion or country they may be; their aim is always to wield despotic authority over men's… — Frederick The Great Copy Share Image
Love is not obedience, conformity, or submission. It is a counterfeit love that is contingent upon authority, punishment, or reward. True love… — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
“The authority of God is unlike what is usually meant by "external authority" ... The authority of God brings perspective, joy and hope.” — G C Berkouwer Copy Share Image
“But the fact that judges follow precedent regularly even though not invariably does not support the legalistic theory as strongly as one… — Richard A. Posner Copy Share Image
The family is the most basic unit of government. As the first community to which a person is attached and the first… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
All men by nature are equal in that equal right that every man hath to his natural freedom, without being subjected to… — John Locke Copy Share Image
In February of this year I returned to China to research my next book. The authorities know about the novels of mine… — Ma Jian Copy Share Image
[Parental] authority must be tempered...with loving kindness and patient encouragement. To temper authority with kindness is to triumph in the struggle which… — Pope Pius XII Copy Share Image
We, perhaps, have corrupted our children and our grandchildren by heedless affluence, by a lack of manliness, by giving the younger generation… — Taylor Caldwell Copy Share Image
In the United States there are only two exceptions: banks have to report deposits they suspect to be related to either terrorism… — Thomas Pogge Copy Share Image
What causes adolescents to rebel is not the assertion of authority but the arbitrary use of power, with little explanation of therules… — Laurence Steinberg Copy Share Image
The matriarchal society is thus the decadent and broken. The strongly matriarchal character of Negro life is due to the moral failure… — R.J. Rushdoony Copy Share Image
God does not weigh criminality in our scales. We have one absolute, with the seal of authority upon it; and with us… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
“Live and act within the limit of your knowledge and keep expanding it to the limit of your life. Redeem your mind… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I am a liberated woman. And I do believe if a woman does equal work she should be paid equal money. But… — Julie Andrews Copy Share Image
“Nestor is the spokesman for the status quo, for the tradition-hallowed belief that institutional power equates with unquestioned authority.” — Caroline Alexander Copy Share Image
To say that authority, whether secular or religious, supplies no ground for morality is not to deny the obvious fact that it… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
One of the first duties of a Scout is obedience to authority. He must obey his orders in the first place and… — Robert Baden-Powell Copy Share Image
To provide employment for the poor, and support for the indigent, is among the primary, and, at the same time, not least… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The founding fathers gave the House of Representatives one function when it comes to cleansing the office of the presidency and that… — Henry Hyde Copy Share Image
A person acting from a motivation of contribution and service rises to such a level of moral authority that worldly success is… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
It's difficult for a society to have a healthy discourse on its future when people are afraid to gather to express themselves… — John B. Quigley Copy Share Image
I leave everything to the young men. You've got to give youthful men authority and responsibility if you're going to build up… — Amadeo Giannini Copy Share Image
I do not like to be called a samurai, but I admit that I have an image of myself as a fighter.… — Nagisa Oshima Copy Share Image
For those men who, sooner or later, are lucky enough to break away from the pack, the most intoxicating moment comes when… — Theodore White Copy Share Image
Man, proud man, drest in a little brief authority, most ignorant of what he's most assur d, glassy essence, like an angry… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
All leaders in the Lord's Church are called by proper authority. No prophet or any other leader in this Church, for that… — Russell M. Nelson Copy Share Image
I can not impress on my readers too strongly the necessity to be firm but kind to a puppy. His idea of… — Barbara Woodhouse Copy Share Image
“The concept of God assigning or entrusting limited authority, under the umbrella of His own, to His children is consistent from Genesis… — Beth Moore Copy Share Image
In China, the problem is that with the system of censorship that's now in place, the user doesn't know to what extent,… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
It's a better tradition for people who think for themselves and who don't pray in aid of any supernatural authority. That's what… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Our claim is that God has revealed Himself by speaking; that this divine (or God-breathed) speech has been written down and preserved… — John Stott Copy Share Image
Simply giving employees a sense of agency- a feeling that they are in control, that they have genuine decision-making authority - can… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
There can be no greater stretch of arbitrary power than is required to seize children from their parents, teach them whatever the… — Isabel Paterson Copy Share Image
One of the great commandments of science is, 'Mistrust arguments from authority'. (Scientists, being primates, and thus given to dominance hierarchies, of… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
Always go with your gut and try not to let other people to act like they are an authority over you. God… — Susan B Anthony Copy Share Image
I do remember seeing Godspell or Jesus Christ Superstar, one of those. It was a liberation theology venue. Anything radical seemed to… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
The inability to access evidence or intelligence despite the lawful authority to do so significantly impacts the FBI's ability to identify, investigate,… — Christopher A. Wray Copy Share Image
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