MACE, n. A staff of office signifying authority. Its form, that of a heavy club, indicates its original purpose and use in… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
“There is an interplay between great leadership, events, trends, the organization, the people in it, the market 'out there' that goes far… — Phil Dourado Copy Share Image
Those who enjoy responsibility usually get it; those who merely like exercising authority usually lose it. — Malcolm Forbes Copy Share Image
I was interested by the idea that artists working in a totalitarian dictatorship or tsarist autocracy are secretly and slightly shamefully envied… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
“But then she reminded herself that there were plenty of people who were afraid of the police, even if they had clear… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
A crook is a crook, and there's something healthy about his frankness in the matter. But any guy who pretends he is… — Al Capone Copy Share Image
As a result of my study, I came to the conclusion that a common supreme authority was undesirable. — Fredrik Bajer Copy Share Image
"You sound as if you question the authority and the decision of the Oracle, who said he should die." "I do not.… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
Nay, all laws must fall, human societies that subsist by them be dissolved, and all innocent persons be exposed to the violence… — Algernon Sidney Copy Share Image
That is what I have always understood to be the essence of anarchism: the conviction that the burden of proof has to… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“Our natural rights come from an authority beyond the petty rule of man.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
The physical power to get the money does not seem to me a test of the right to tax. Might does not… — Robert H. Jackson Copy Share Image
People who use LSD today know how to use it. Therefore, I hope that the health authorities will get the insight that… — Albert Hofmann Copy Share Image
Those in authority within institutions and social structures attempt to justify their rule by linking it, as if it were a necessary… — C. Wright Mills Copy Share Image
It takes spiritual authority to bless others. Many Christians say, "God bless you," but one clearly senses that although the words express… — Basilea Schlink Copy Share Image
“One only has the authority (right) of the intent [bhaav-satta] of doing pratikraman and praktykhyan.” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
The judge's authority depends upon the assumption that he speaks with the mouth of others. That is to say, the momentum of… — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
What I believe about the young age of the earth comes out of taking the Bible as written. And I've said numerous… — Ken Ham Copy Share Image
A new State of Israel with broad frontiers, strong and solid, with the authority of the Israel Government extending from the Jordan… — Moshe Dayan Copy Share Image
The central objective in decolonising the African mind is to overthrow the authority which alien traditions exercise over the African. This demands… — Chinweizu Ibekwe Copy Share Image
The transcendent gift of the Holy Ghost, along with membership in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is bestowed by… — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
In seminary he had been taught that God had completely stopped any overt communication with moderns, preferring to have them only listen… — William P. Young Copy Share Image
It is the duty of a woman to be obedient to her husband, and unless she is, I would not give a… — Heber C. Kimball Copy Share Image
Any government will work if authority and responsibility are equal and coordinate. This does not insure “good” government, it simply insures that… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
Individualism has come in for an enormous amount of criticism over the years. It still does. It is widely assumed to be… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
“Obligation is a more effective weapon against the Will than any penalty, threat or act of force.” — Ashim Shanker Copy Share Image
An old market had stood there until I'd been about six years old, when the authorities had renamed it the Olde Market,… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
Many people confuse authority and the power of efficiency, as if the first role of people with responsibility is to take decisions,… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
The actions of those in power can have enormous consequences - a price that they themselves almost never have to pay. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It goes to local authorities and even to members of Parliament so that individual citizens almost become people who want to sit… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
The exercise of authority over the same area by two States is a contradiction. — Benjamin Tucker Copy Share Image
No one is obliged to take a position on the urgent issues of the day, but there are times when our impoverished… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
If it is not profitable for the common good that authority should be retained, it ought to be relinquished. — Barbara Tuchman Copy Share Image
There is no independence of law against National Socialism. Say to yourselves at every decision which you make: "How would the Führer… — Hans Frank Copy Share Image
If authorities were well organized, there would not be an Unknown Warrior. — Joseph Joubert Copy Share Image
In the armies, and among every ten men, there must be one of more life, of more heart, or at least of… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
The Church is holy, although there are sinners within her. Those who sin, but who cleanse themselves with true repentance, do not… — Patriarch Philaret of Moscow Copy Share Image
I regard the state of which I am a citizen as a public utility, like the organization that supplies me with water,… — Arnold J. Toynbee Copy Share Image
I find it really offensive when people say that the emotional experiences of teenagers are less real or less important than those… — John Green Copy Share Image
“Though it is disguised by the illusion that a bureaucracy accountable to a majority of voters, and susceptible to the pressure of… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
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