Vulgar prejudices are those which arise out of accident, ignorance, or authority; natural prejudices are those which arise out of the constitution… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
There are three forces, the only three forces capable of conquering and enslaving forever the conscience of these weak rebels in the… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
The most absolute authority is that which penetrates into a man's innermost being and concerns itself no less with his will than… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
The automatic reaction of practically any young person is, at once, against authority. That, I think, began in the First World War… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
Though no one wants war, Congress needed to give the President the authority he needs to protect America while encouraging the use… — Allen Boyd Copy Share Image
The Kantian imperative to have the courage to think for oneself has involved a contemptuous disregard for the resources of tradition and… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
Until the will and the affections are brought under the authority of Christ, we have not begun to understand, let alone to… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
We write out of our humanity by writing through our direct experience. That which is most personal is most general, which becomes… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
“It has often been suggested to me that the Constitution of the United States is a sufficient safeguard for the freedom of… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
I think generally speaking, both people are trying to be free from the abuses of the white racist North American authorities. I… — Huey Newton Copy Share Image
“People who chase money without chasing any good reason for it are always brought down by the money they chase. Yes! If… — Israelmore Ayivor 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
Government is necessary, but the only rights we can delegate to government are the ones we possess. For example, we all have… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
Because of the men in charge of this system, they've created this caste system for women that gives some of the women… — Samira Wiley Copy Share Image
I am making this statement as an act of wilful defiance of military authority, because I believe that the War is being… — Siegfried Sassoon Copy Share Image
When men have appreciated the countless differences which the exercise of that judgment must necessarily produce, when they have estimated the intrinsic… — William Edward Hartpole Lecky Copy Share Image
Other problems confront women in power. One is fine but two's a crowd seems to be an unspoken rule when the one… — Kathleen Hall Jamieson Copy Share Image
By expanding the legal authority of law enforcement agencies - without addressing the infiltration of white supremacy within law enforcement - we… — Cori Bush Copy Share Image
Not only do most people accept violence if it is perpetuated by legitimate authority, they also regard violence against certain kinds of… — Edgar Friedenberg Copy Share Image
The Priestly Code preponderates over the rest of the legislation in force, as well as in bulk; in all matters of primary… — Julius Wellhausen Copy Share Image
Perhaps nothing in our society is more needed for those in positions of authority than accountability. Too often those with authority are… — Larry Burkett Copy Share Image
“If there is an undeniable fact, attested to a thousand times by experience, it is the corrupting effect produced by authority on… — Mikhail Bakunin Copy Share Image
Justice is not to be taken by storm. She is to be wooed by slow advances. Substitute statute for decision, and you… — Benjamin Cardozo Copy Share Image
What we know about Cleopatra's looks is based purely on her coin portraits. Engraving was imperfect, and that when you are a… — Stacy Schiff Copy Share Image
It's basically a home-rule issue. I think the governing authority that appoints people as assessors certainly has reasons for doing it. ...… — John Scott Copy Share Image
“An “apostle” [is] one who is called and sent by Christ to have the spiritual authority, character, gifts and abilities to successfully… — David Cannistraci Copy Share Image
By disobeying god, we escape from his totalitarian prison where you cannot ask any questions, where you must never question authority. We… — Ann Druyan Copy Share Image
I think the federal government should be doing only what the Constitution says it should be. We don't have authority under the… — Paul Broun Copy Share Image
The terms of the 2008 constitution [which ensures the military will continue to be the ultimate authority] could not benefit Burma in… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
An anarchist is like an undercover agent who plays the game of Reason in order to undercut the authority of Reason (Truth,… — Paul Feyerabend Copy Share Image
Obviously, television is a writer's medium, so you get a lot more power and authority. With a film, the discipline is having… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
They're trying to say that greater federal authority would have made a difference, ... The reality is that the feds are the… — George Haddow Copy Share Image
No peace and security among mankind-let alone common friendship-can ever exist as long as people think that governments get their authority from… — John Locke Copy Share Image
I was never interested in the two-party system per se. I was interested in how authority was abused by government, and how… — Jules Feiffer Copy Share Image
There is no stopping the world's tendency to throw off imposed restraints, the religious authority that is based on the ignorance of… — Van Wyck Brooks Copy Share Image
As president, I will appoint tough, independent authorities to strengthen anti-trust enforcement and really scrutinize mergers and acquisitions, so the big don't… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
What is held by the whole Church, and that not as instituted by Councils, but as a matter of invariable custom, is… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
Young people - there's been very little places in positions of authority in law enforcement for young people's skill sets, but the… — Patricia Arquette Copy Share Image
The problem with religious doctrine, as with politics, because of its ability to give people authority, it has a tendency to attract… — Tobias Forge Copy Share Image
Republicans: steely, rational, paternalistic, respectful of authority, easy to herd, the party of No. Democrats: sugary, emotional, idealistic, yearning for novelty, hard… — James Wolcott Copy Share Image