I suppose that every age has its own particular fantasy: ours is science. A seventeenth-century man like Blaise Pascal, who thought himself… — Malcolm Muggeridge Copy Share Image
Are there any military actions that the president of the United States may not order on his own authority? If so, what… — Andrew Bacevich Copy Share Image
If you're talking about intellectual and social equality for women, we're not much better off.America is still very much a male-dominated society.… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
I find it really offensive when people say that the emotional experiences of teenagers are less real or less important than those… — John Green Copy Share Image
Despite their tremendous talent, (NBA players) are still, by and large, young adults, seeking validation from an authority figure, and there is… — Phil Jackson Copy Share Image
Everyone in Iran is perceived to be a child with a paternal authority vested in the Guardian Council and the Sufi elders.… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Much of the blame for the situation lies with the states themselves. They haven't been able to pass decent laws. For decades,… — Wolfgang Kubicki Copy Share Image
There are two ways of forming an opinion. One is the scientific method; the other, the scholastic. To the scientific mind, experimental… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
The intelligence services would probably be in a better position to make an assessment of the advancement of the Iranian nuclear program… — Trita Parsi Copy Share Image
Every man who truly loves a woman, and every woman who truly loves a man, hopes and dreams that their companionship will… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
What are the moral convictions most fondly held by barbarous and semi-barbarous people? They are the convictions that authority is the soundest… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
Isn't the essential pillar of Catholicism papal infallibility? Well, then how can the church ever change its mind about anything unless God… — Dave Foley Copy Share Image
When a parliamentary or social majority decrees that it is legal, at least under certain conditions, to kill unborn human life, is… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The church doctrines of obedience to authority, repentance, fear of punishment, self-abnegation, acceptance of outer direction rather than inner assurance, elevation of… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
“what goals drive all institutions of authority. “Doing something wrong,” in the eyes of such institutions, encompasses far more than illegal acts,… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
Either we, as a society, decide that copyright is the greater value to society, and take active steps to give up private… — Rick Falkvinge Copy Share Image
The Constitution does not protect the sovereignty of States for the benefit of the States or state governments as abstract political entities,… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
The states have authority to interpret the Constitution, enforce it, and protect the people from violations of it by the federal government… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
What gets called 'the sixties' left a mixed legacy and a lot of divides. But it opened everything to question, and what… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
Coherently democratic authority carries the conviction that true discipline does not exist in the muteness of those who have been silenced but… — Paulo Freire Copy Share Image
The man who can face vilification and disgrace, who can stand up against the popular current, even against his friends and his… — Alexander Berkman Copy Share Image
A country will have authority and influence because of moral factors, not its military strength; because it can be humble and not… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
“Her mind moved around and around the subject, moving with a kind of fuzzy firmness. With no coherent thought process, she arrived… — Jim Thompson Copy Share Image
I've been so mistreated by male authority in my life that I had a terrible time in my marriage trying to be… — Joyce Meyer Copy Share Image
Our father has an even more important function than modeling manhood for us. He is also the authority to let us relax… — Frank Pittman Copy Share Image
Monotheism is the primitive religion which centers human consciousness on Hive Authority. There is One God and His Name is _______ (substitute… — Timothy Leary Copy Share Image
For if I should not believe all that is written by Historians, of the glorious acts of Alexander, or Caesar; I do… — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
“To avoid this state of war (wherein there is no appeal but to heaven, and wherein every the least difference is apt… — John Locke Copy Share Image
There exists, I believe, throughout the whole Christian world, a law which makes it blasphemy to deny or doubt the divine inspiration… — John Adams Copy Share Image
The worship of the nation has been able to make men tolerate under its authority what they could never have tolerated from… — Hilaire Belloc Copy Share Image
The influence over government must be shared among all the people. If every individual which composes their mass participates of the ultimate… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
There are no term limits on His reign. He has always been King and He always will be King. There is no… — Sam Storms Copy Share Image
Once again the Naderites were onstage attacking the Educational Testing Service - the organization which develops and administers the scholastic aptitude tests...the… — Daniel Seligman Copy Share Image
The Fathers of the Church can well afford to preach the gospel of Christ. It contains nothing dangerous to the regime of… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
But I hope that by the decision and authority of wise princes that sometime devout and learned men from the churches of… — Philipp Melanchthon Copy Share Image
My favourite mentor brother told me that there were three kinds of people: followers, leaders and scouts. Scouts are capeable of leadership,… — Isobelle Carmody Copy Share Image
READILY and, I trust, feelingly acknowledge the duty incumbent on us all . . . to provide for those who, in the… — Franklin Pierce Copy Share Image
The Constitution authorizes Congress to tax Americans to provide for the common defense and promote the general welfare. But in Washington, the… — Josh Hawley Copy Share Image
During our long period of slumber the United States government has lost its moral authority. It is owned, operated, and controlled by… — Thomas Naylor Copy Share Image
The modern world is reversing the old virtues of authority. They aimed deliberately to make men unworldly. They did not aim to… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
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