Character is in turn the enduring source of virtue. It stands by itself and excites admiration in others. It is not obedience… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
I confess I am at a loss to discover what temptation the persons entrusted with the administration of the general government could… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
The kingdom of God is an order of government established by divine authority. It is the only legal government that can exist… — Orson Pratt Copy Share Image
He who is firmly seated in authority soon learns to think security, and not progress, the highest lesson in statecraft. — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
In many cases, the authorities can't really prove if the person is in danger or not, because they can't send a person… — Andreas Koefoed Copy Share Image
Ten thousand things there are which we believe merely upon the authority or credit of those who have spoken or written them. — Isaac Watts Copy Share Image
... immediately call on Congress to pass far-reaching industry regulation like the Firearms Safety and Consumer Protection Act ... [which] would give… — Josh Sugarmann Copy Share Image
The mortalist enemy unto knowledge, and that which hath done the greatest execution unto truth, has been a preemptory adhesion unto authority. — Thomas Browne Copy Share Image
I believe strongly that Occupy Wall Street had such limits because the local authorities were able to enforce, basically in our imaginations,… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Authority doesn't work without prestige, or prestige without distance. — Charles de Gaulle Copy Share Image
“Guadalupe Fuentes: --They're not paid to kill honest people, to shoot for no good reasons. Rubenia Fuentes: --Ah, my little girl, then… — Manlio Argueta Copy Share Image
The press . . . traditionally sides with authority and the establishment. — Sam Donaldson Copy Share Image
The publication in 1859 of the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin made a marked epoch in my own mental development, as… — Francis Galton Copy Share Image
By citing the UN Charter I indicate that the defensive party to the conflict should use only proportionate force, try to avoid… — Bhikkhu Bodhi Copy Share Image
The great majority of people have a strong need for authority which they can admire, to which they can submit, and which… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
What kind of authority can there be for an 'Apostle' who, unlike the other Apostles, had never been prepared for the Apostolic… — Ferdinand Christian Baur Copy Share Image
Among the authorities it is generally agreed that the Earth is at rest in the middle of the universe, and they regard… — Nicolaus Copernicus Copy Share Image
Speaking as a parent, I don't think parents think all the time about structures. I know from conversations I've had with other… — Nicky Morgan Copy Share Image
Such then in number and importance are the precious ties belonging to the Christian name which keep a believer in the Catholic… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
From 1789, perhaps even before that, it had been the willingness of politicians to exploit either the threat or the fact of… — Simon Schama Copy Share Image
What we need is a government with authority but without authoritarianism. — Jair Bolsonaro Copy Share Image
I would rather be viewed by the reader as I'm just taking a journey with you, and here's what I'm learning, what… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
If it be said that the consent of the strongest party in a nation, is all that is necessary to justify the… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
