Put two or three men in positions of conflicting authority. This will force them to work at loggerheads, allowing you to be… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
When I disagree with a rational man, I let reality be our final arbiter; if I am right, he will learn; if… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
We live and move and think; but we are not the creators of our own origin and existence. We are not the… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
When a critic sets himself up as an arbiter of morality, a judge of the matter and not the manner of a… — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
The chief reason warfare is still with us is neither a secret death-wish of the human species, nor an irrepressible instinct of… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
Under the benignant providence of Almighty God the representatives of the States and of the people are again brought together to deliberate… — James K. Polk Copy Share Image
To spread healthy ideas among even the lowest classes of people, to remove men from the influence of prejudice and passion, to… — Georges Cuvier Copy Share Image
The word 'truth' itself ceases to have its old meaning. It describes no longer something to be found, with the individual conscience… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
In a Society in which there is no law, and in theory no compulsion, the only arbiter of behaviour is public opinion.… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
But the Chief Justice says, 'There must be an ultimate arbiter somewhere.' True, there must; but does that prove it is either… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
With regard to the learned professions, little need be observed; they truly form no distinct interest in society . . . [discussing… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Science has been effective at furthering our understanding of nature because the scientific ethos is based on three key principles: (1) follow… — Lawrence M. Krauss Copy Share Image
Many people feel that mass acceptance and smooth socialization are desirable life paths for a young adult… Many people are often wrong…… — Janeane Garofalo Copy Share Image
My case clearly demonstrates the need for comprehensive whistleblower protection act reform. If we had had a real process in place, and… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
I always looked forward to being an adult, because I thought the adult world was, well—adult. That adults weren’t cliquey or nasty,… — Peter Cameron Copy Share Image
Even those who, like me, believe that Roe v. Wade and the decisions elaborating on reproductive rights were constitutionally correct must recognize… — Laurence Tribe Copy Share Image
Chaos umpire sits And by decision more embroils the fray by which he reigns: next him high arbiter Chance governs all. — John Milton Copy Share Image
We live in a unipolar world at this point with America as a moral arbiter and the whole morality is based on… — Ian Svenonius Copy Share Image
the leader of armies is the arbiter of the people's fate, the man on whom it depends whether the nation shall be… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
I for one don't need a supreme "sacred" arbiter in order to be a moral being. — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
New fashions (of all sorts) come from unexpected places, not from the arbiters of what's correct. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
The Supreme Court is not elected, and it is therefore not a proper arbiter of social policy. — Lamar S. Smith Copy Share Image
I have never, ever sought validation from the arbiters of British poetic taste, — Linton Kwesi Johnson Copy Share Image
The creator and arbiter of beauty is the heart; to the male rattlesnake the female rattlesnake is the loveliest thing in nature. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
While the authority of the doctor or plumber is never questioned, everyone deems himself a good judge and an adequate arbiter of… — Mark Rothko Copy Share Image
Everyone must feel that he is the supreme arbiter of his own [destiny], that no power on earth shall rise over him,… — Josiah Warren Copy Share Image
The guardian and arbiter of superlative eating, with every meal an unforgettable experience in pleasure, starting with the soup, which he said,… — Marie-Antoine Careme Copy Share Image
PROJECTILE, n. The final arbiter in international disputes. With the growth of prudence in military affairs the projectile came more and more… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
To consider judges as the ultimate arbiters of all constitutional questions is a very dangerous doctrine indeed, and one which would place… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The ultimate arbiter of truth is experiment, not the comfort one derives from one's a priori beliefs, nor the beauty or elegance… — Lawrence M. Krauss Copy Share Image
The conductor is the artistic leader and sometimes cultural arbiter of his or her community. It is their leadership that is looked… — Leonard Slatkin Copy Share Image
Traditions are neither good nor bad, they simply are... Rationality is not an arbiter of traditions, it is itself a tradition or… — Paul Feyerabend Copy Share Image
But when we reduce sex to a function, we also invoke the idea of dysfunction. We are no longer talking about the… — Esther Perel Copy Share Image
I think capitalism will not disappear, but it's going to increasingly not be the exclusive arbiter of economic life. It's going to… — Jeremy Rifkin Copy Share Image
We trained hard . . . but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into teams, we would… — Caius Petronius Arbiter Died 66 AD Copy Share Image
Though infested with many bewildering anomalies, photographs are considered our best arbiters between our visual perceptions and the memory of them. It… — Max Kozloff Copy Share Image