Man cannot be exempted from his divinely-imposed obligations toward civil society, and the representatives of authority have the right to coerce him… — Pope Pius XI Copy Share Image
I have always read that the world, both land and water, was spherical, as the authority and researches of Ptolemy and all… — Christopher Columbus Copy Share Image
The parliamentary principle of vesting legislative power in the decision of the majority rejects the authority of the individual and puts a… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
Custom is a violent and treacherous school mistress. She, by little and lithe, slyly and unperceived, slips in the foot of her… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
For me the very important thing was never to forget that they had no right to have me there, that my duty… — Ingrid Betancourt Copy Share Image
The authority of Plato and Aristotle, of Zeno and Epicurus, still reigned in the schools; and their systems, transmitted with blind deference… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
When one has come to accept a certain course as duty he has a pleasant sense of relief and of lifted responsibility,… — Charles Horton Cooley Copy Share Image
Although one never really knows what one's associates think of one deep down, I believe I was easy to work with, even… — Guy de Rothschild Copy Share Image
I stand ready to negotiate, but I want no part of laws: I acknowledge none; I protest against every order with which… — Pierre-Joseph Proudhon Copy Share Image
Certain characteristics about 'Marbury v. Madison' are, I think, indisputable. Marbury was the first Supreme Court decision ever to strike down an… — Cliff Sloan Copy Share Image
I do not wonder that, where the monastick life is permitted, every order finds votaries, and every monastery inhabitants. Men will submit… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
... there are moments in which the teacher, as the authority talks to the learners, says what must be done, establishes limits… — Paulo Freire Copy Share Image
Jesus , in some respects, was an anarchist, for he had no idea of civil government . That government seems to him… — Ernest Renan Copy Share Image
The civil authority, or that part of it which remained faithful to their trust and true to the ends of the covenant,… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
Given that the nineteenth century was the century of Socialism, of Liberalism, and of Democracy, it does not necessarily follow that the… — Benito Mussolini Copy Share Image
We want to fan the flames of Christians for whom inerrancy and the authority of Scripture are not mere shibboleths, but part… — D. A. Carson Copy Share Image
The difference between [socialism and fascism] is superficial and purely formal, but it is significant psychologically: it brings the authoritarian nature of… — Ayn Rand 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
It seems fair to say that while the moral standards of the nineteenth century persisted almost unchanged into the twentieth, moral practices… — Henry Steele Commager Copy Share Image
“You are to make up your mind whether it is to be God or man. Whether you are to be free or… — Joseph Lewis Copy Share Image
“Some readers may find it a curious or even unscientific endeavour to craft a criminological model of organised abuse based on the… — Michael Salter Copy Share Image
The importance of immobility and silence to photographic authority, the nonfilmic nature of this authority, leads me to some remarks on the… — Christian Metz Copy Share Image
Free thought means fearless thought. It is not deterred by legal penalties, nor by spiritual consequences. Dissent from the Bible does not… — George Holyoake Copy Share Image
Mars and Venus and Jupiter, all of the handiwork of God was now placed in the authority of the God of the… — Creflo A. Dollar Copy Share Image
“If the people of Europe had known as much of astronomy and geology when the bible was introduced among them, as they… — Robert G. Ingersoll 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
Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
“We have already seen that when positive authority suggests a change in behavior, the recipient will accept it provided he is capable… — Milton Rokeach Copy Share Image
I define democracy as control by the people. Slaves are those who allow others to control their lives. Insofar as people succeed… — Peace Pilgrim Copy Share Image
I am often tempted to think of success in terms that are defined by others: records sold, popularity gained, album reviews, etc.… — Jon Foreman Copy Share Image
The priest invents and encourages every kind of suffering and distress so that man may not have the opportunity to become scientific,… — Robert Sheaffer Copy Share Image
“I doubt that my sense of personal freedom is any stronger than anybody else's. I'm happy to respect authority when it's genuine… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
The members of a body-politic call it "the state" when it is passive, "the sovereign" when it is active, and a "power"… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
But it is recognized that punishment for the abuse of the liberty accorded to the press is essential to the protection of… — Charles Evans Hughes Copy Share Image
The most famous self-made man in the world today is our own Edison. Talk with Mr. Edison and he will tell you… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
Meditation is the most extraordinary thing if you know how to do it, and you cannot possibly learn from anybody; and that's… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Everyone has an equal and absolute right to sovereignty over his own body, his own property, and his own life, and to… — Robert Ringer Copy Share Image
Remodeling defies the principles of modern commerce. You shell out great sums of money to people over whom you have no authority… — Margo Kaufman Copy Share Image
Nobody has told Trump that he can't defund sanctuary cities, because the judge William Orrick did not rule that law unconstitutional. This… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
I always worry that I'm a dilettante: I know something about lots of things but don't have exhaustive knowledge of much. Take… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
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