It is as disastrous to true government in the state, and home, to teach all womankind to submit to the authority of… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
“Despite the fact that he fathered ten children, Dickens, the write, never gave up his position as a child. He identified with… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
The Interpretation of the Laws of Nature in a Common-wealth, dependeth not on the books of Moral Philosophy. The Authority of writers,… — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
Roman, remember that you shall rule the nations by your authority, for this is to be your skill, to make peace the… — Virgil Copy Share Image
A man made for public life and authority never takes account of personalities; he only takes account of things, of their weight… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The U.S. Constitution grants Congress the authority to regulate interstate commerce, and the ENCRYPT Act sends a clear message that the complicated… — Ted Lieu Copy Share Image
Customs change with time, so it isn't fair to permit change only when you happen to approve of it but condemn change… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
If you're going to give people authority and hold them responsible and ultimately accountable for their performance, you've got to get out… — Randy Lerner Copy Share Image
State authority can never be an end in itself; for, if that were so, any kind of tyranny would be inviolable and… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
Society cannot exist without inequality of fortunes and the inequality of fortunes could not subsist without religion. Whenever a half-starved person is… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
[Science] is not perfect. It can be misused. It is only a tool. But it is by far the best tool we… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
People equate job titles to levels of creativity. We think that musicians are creative while accountants are not. Job title has nothing… — Josh Linkner Copy Share Image
If I were in Congress in 1996, I would have voted for the Defense of Marriage Act, which used Congress's constitutional authority… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
The sovereignty of the States is the language of the Confederacy and not the language of the Constitution. The latter contains the… — Andrew Johnson Copy Share Image
Single parents in particular may have trouble maintaining themselves as authority figures because of underlying guilt; they feel acontinuing sense that they… — Marge M. Kennedy Copy Share Image
When I had gone through the whole, and saw what a plain, simple, reasonable thing Christianity was, suited to all conditions and… — John Locke Copy Share Image
If a person, in a position of authority, wants someone to believe a lie, usually all they have to do is tell… — Derek R. Audette Copy Share Image
Obedience is the psychological mechanism that links individual action to political purpose. It is the dispositional cement that binds men to systems… — Stanley Milgram Copy Share Image
The following of authority is the denial of intelligence. [It] may help us temporarily to cover up our difficulties and problems; but… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Creativity is an area in which younger people have a tremendous advantage, since they have an endearing habit of always questioning past… — William Redington Hewlett Copy Share Image
The License Raj in India was a time when, to set up an industry, you needed a license. Which made the government… — Kumar Mangalam Birla Copy Share Image
That's why editors and publishers will never be obsolete: a reader wants someone with taste and authority to point them in the… — Walter Jon Williams Copy Share Image
“A woman can only satisfy and fulfil herself, I understood, when she establishes her own authority, and see beyond equality, realising how… — Ronald Frame Copy Share Image
Philosophy has to be enquiring; it can take nothing on faith, and its methods are based not on the blind acceptance of… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
... we ought even to hold as a fixed principle that what I see white I believe to be black, if the… — Ignatius of Loyola Copy Share Image
I don't know how to run your life. I don't know how to run your life. I don't have the authority to… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
The driving force behind doing everything that I've been doing for 11 years as a stand-up is having problems with authority and… — Anthony Jeselnik Copy Share Image
“We're not mad," he began, meaning he was. He was always a plural when mad, as though grammatically throwing his lot in… — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
Our adversaries [ the Confederate States of America ] have adopted some declarations of independence in which, unlike the good old one… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
...the right of holding slaves is clearly established in the Holy Scriptures, both by precept and example... Had the holding of slaves… — Richard Furman Copy Share Image
The men of wealth who today are trying to prevent the regulation and control of their business in the interest of the… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The president does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It is perfectly clear, in the first place, that the constitution of the United States did not, of itself, create or establish… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
Christ became our Brother in order to help us. Through him our brother has become Christ for us in the power and… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
We [the Government] are here not as masters but as servants, we are not here to glory in power, but to attest… — Charles Evans Hughes Copy Share Image
Language became a colorless and as indistinct as the business suit which is now worm by everyone, by the scholar, by the… — Paul Feyerabend Copy Share Image
The Internet's abundance - of information, goods, tastes and sources of authority - creates unparalleled opportunities for individuals to get exactly what… — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
Inevitably anyone with an independent mind must become 'one who resists or opposes authority or established conventions': a rebel. If enough people… — Aleister Crowley Copy Share Image
Impeachment appears six times in the U.S. Constitution. The Founders weren't concerned with anything more than with impeachment because they had lived… — Ramsey Clark Copy Share Image
“But there is no conceivable way of making people do things they do not wish to do. What is possible is to… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
![“[Science] is not perfect. It can be misused. It is only a tool. But it is by far the best tool we have, self-correcting, ongoing, applicable to everything. It has two rules. First: there are no sacred truths; all assumptions must be critically examined; arguments from authority are worthless…” quote by Carl Sagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/0b3/carl-sagan-160_argument_science-is-not-perfect-it-can-be-misused_2558360.jpg)
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![“Our adversaries [ the Confederate States of America ] have adopted some declarations of independence in which, unlike the good old one penned by Jefferson, they omit the words "all men are created equal." Why? They have adopted a temporary national constitution, in the preamble of which, unlike…” quote by Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/dfb/abraham-lincoln-88_adopted_our-adversaries-the-confederate-states-o_2571600.jpg)
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