The temptation to use mathematics is irresistible for economists. It appears to convey the appropriate air of scientific authority and precision to… — Paul Ormerod Copy Share Image
Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority. — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
I got used to dealing with groups of boys and getting on with life in unpleasant circumstances and being smart and funny… — Eric Idle Copy Share Image
If it be admitted that a man, possessing absolute power, may misuse that power by wronging his adversaries, why should a majority… — Alexis de Tocqueville 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
The great monuments are raised up like dams, pitting the logic of majesty and authority against all the shady elements: it is… — Georges Bataille Copy Share Image
No State, upon it own mere motion, can lawfully get out of the Union. Resolves and ordinances to that effect are legally… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
In some South Pacific cultures, a speaker holds a conch shell as a symbol of temporary position of authority. Leaders must understand… — Max De Pree Copy Share Image
What were once felt to be defects-isolation, institutional simplicity, primitiveness of manners, multiplicity of religions, weaknesses in the authority of the state-could… — Bernard Bailyn Copy Share Image
The world isn't one way or another. Things can be changed very, very rapidly by someone with sufficient confidence, sufficient knowledge and… — Rory Stewart Copy Share Image
I remember opening for the Neville Brothers when we were in our 20s. Art Neville played only a cowbell. We were amazed… — John Popper Copy Share Image
The Anarchists never have claimed that liberty will bring perfection; they simply say that its results are vastly preferable to those that… — Benjamin Tucker Copy Share Image
The president has the authority to end this dragnet surveillance immediately — Ron Wyden Copy Share Image
The only years [of Donald Trump's] that anybody's ever seen were a couple of years when he had to turn them over… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
What happened in the United States election is not a matter for the United Kingdom, it is a matter for the United… — Theresa May Copy Share Image
The principles of all genuine liberty, and of wise laws and administrations are to be drawn from the Bible and sustained by… — Noah Webster Copy Share Image
Jurisdiction is not given for the sake of the judge, but for that of the litigant. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Conventional dogmas, even if endowed with the authority of an Aristotle - ancient or modern - must be tested vigorously. If they… — Norman Lamm Copy Share Image
Generosity should begin lightly and deepen later, fro when it is first rich and then lessens, people forget the kindness. Authority should… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
The Homeland Security department doesn't have tasking authority in the intelligence community. They can ask for stuff, but they can't direct anything… — David Hunt Copy Share Image
Authority has always attracted the lowest elements in the human race. All through history, mankind has been bullied by scum. Those who… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Well, our statute provides us with authority to conduct a very broad inquiry basically to provide an investigation of 9/11 that's thorough,… — Richard Ben-Veniste Copy Share Image
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