Anyone who in discussion relies upon authority uses, not…

“One relies on authority because one is afraid to stand alone.”

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

The authority of a belief imposed by religion surely destroys the discovery of reality.One relies on authority because one is afraid to stand alone.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Free discussion requires an atmosphere unembarrassed by any suggestion of authority or even respect.

— Hyman Rickover

I am devoting my lecture in this seminar to a discussion of the possibility that we are now entering a Jewish century, a time…

— Martin A. Siegel

There is no discussion inside this boardroom to say we've got to get into this or that. We look at every growth opportunity on…

— James Packer

Police in China can do whatever they want; after 81 days in arbitrary detention you clearly realise that they don't have to obey their…

— Ai Weiwei

As a leader... I have always endeavored to listen to what each and every person in a discussion had to say before venturing my…

— Nelson Mandela

[James] Madison pointed out in the discussion of the constitutional debates - the constitutional convention - that democracy would be a danger. He used…

— Noam Chomsky

There are two famous labyrinths where our reason very often goes astray. One concerns the great question of the free and the necessary, above…

— Gottfried Leibniz

There needs to be some regime that is overseeing access to broadband to make sure we have openess; otherwise, there is a risk it…

— Vint Cerf

[Kathleen Blackshear] just said, "Have you thought of looking at this?" and so on and so on and so on. And it was a…

— Warren MacKenzie

There's an interesting book about that called The Third Reich and the Ivory Tower, written by Stephen H. Norwood. It has a long discussion…

— Noam Chomsky

The "family" has clearly emerged anew in the late 1970s as a central subject for discussion, debate, research and writing in bothscholarly and popular…

— Sheila Kamerman

To prevent discussion of any other explanations of human origins is hardly what I would expect from open-minded educators.

— Tony Campolo

There's always that discussion about fiction about how do you market it - these are books for boys, these are books for girls, these…

— L.A. Weatherly