In any given society the authority of man over man runs in inverse proportion to the intellectual development of that society. — Pierre-Joseph Proudhon Copy Share Image
[Religion] attacks us in our deepest integrity - the core of our self-respect. Religion says that we would not know right from… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
My decision to destroy the authority of the blacks in Saint Domingue (Haiti) is not so much based on considerations of commerce… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
“Virtue? A fig! 'Tis in ourselves that we are thus or thus. Our bodies are our gardens, to the which our wills… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
We all live inside the terrible engine of authority, and it grinds and shrieks and burns so that no one will say:… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
The practice of all ages and all countries (whether Christian or heathen, polite or barbarous) hath been ... to do honour to… — Francis Atterbury Copy Share Image
I didn't do anything as active as deciding that I wanted to be a writer. For one thing, I didn't feel like… — Kelly Link Copy Share Image
When governments claim to derive their authority from any source other than the governed, it always leads to the destruction of liberty. — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share Image
“Does it follow that I reject all authority? Perish the thought. In the matter of boots, I defer to the authority of… — Mikhail Bakunin Copy Share Image
We have been deceived into believing prayer is all about persuading God to release His power. We no longer need to beg… — Andrew Wommack Copy Share Image
There certainly are situations where I feel not empowered or uninspired. Particularly when the person's agenda is to intimidate through abusing their… — Tori Amos Copy Share Image
“Your law always does more harm than crime, and your morality is a form of violence.” — Edward Bond Copy Share Image
If we get our salvation, we shall have to pass by him [Joseph Smith]; if we enter our glory, it will be… — George Q. Cannon Copy Share Image
We have to hate our immediate predecessors to get free of their authority. — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
“The plane had lost power in all three engines, dropped from thirty-four thousand feet to twelve thousand feet. Something like four miles.… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
Management means, in the last analysis, the substitution of thought for brawn and muscle, of knowledge for folkways and superstition, and of… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
The most significant halachic authority of the last 100 years, whose positions helped fashion a balanced and moderate Judaism. — Ovadia Yosef Copy Share Image
“One way or another, we spend our whole lives being conditioned into accepting some line or order, some position of domination or… — Cliff James 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
What good does it do me, after all, if an ever-watchful authority keeps an eye out to ensure that my pleasures will… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
People who reject transcendent authority can no longer persuade one another through rational arguments; everything is reduced to personal opinion. Debates about… — Charles Colson Copy Share Image
Anarchism as a political philosophy seeks to dissolve all forms of authority and power, and if possible, wishes their complete abolition. — Peter Marshall Copy Share Image
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