But in almost every province of the Roman world, an army of fanatics, without authority and without discipline, invaded the peaceful inhabitants;… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
“The authority of the Church was thrown over by the authority of the state. Twenty years only have passed, and the authority… — Lucy Beckett Copy Share Image
“.It is asking a great deal of a man, who has learnt to regulate his everyday affairs in accordance with the rules… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
Let us rededicate ourselves to the principle that all Americans have the tools to make the most of their God-given potential. For… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
In order to the existence of such a ministry in the Church, there is requisite an authority received from God, and consequently… — John Wycliffe Copy Share Image
The pulp hero, though he may be a renegade, is a guy who doesn't feel. Anything. Ever. And for the adolescent male… — Samuel R. Delany Copy Share Image
Over and over again, people had to disobey lawful authority to follow the voice of their conscience. This obedience to God and… — Dorothy Day Copy Share Image
It's up to us, the people, to break immoral laws, and resist. As soon as the leaders of a country lie to… — Cindy Sheehan Copy Share Image
Much of human progress has been in defiance of religion or of the apparent natural order. The defiance of religious and secular… — Fred Edwords Copy Share Image
My history of the Jesuits is not elegantly written, but is supported by unquestionable authorities, is very particular and very horrible. Their… — John Adams Copy Share Image
The basic idea of Zen is to come in touch with the inner workings of our being, and to do this in… — D.T. Suzuki Copy Share Image
If you are a parent, if you are an educator, there are very many good and powerful reasons to take children onto… — Jim Carroll Copy Share Image
That the people have an original right to establish, for their future government, such principles as, in their opinion, shall most conduce… — John Marshall Copy Share Image
Perhaps even more than constituted authority, it is social uniformity and sameness that harass the individual most. His very "uniqueness," "separateness" and… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
That's what lordship is - Christ reigning as supreme authority over our life. Making Jesus Lord of our life is not something… — Keith Green Copy Share Image
Through the plan of prayer, God actually is inviting redeemed man into full partnership with Him; not in making the divine decisions,… — Paul Billheimer Copy Share Image
The pre-war empire had been sufficiently informal and sufficiently cheap for Parliament to claim authority over it without having to concern itself… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
Of all the cares or concerns of government, the direction of war most peculiarly demands those qualities which distinguish the exercise of… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Never lose your self-respect, nor be too familiar with yourself when you are alone. Let your integrity itself be your own standard… — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
If I rule out violent anarchism, there remains pacifist, anti-nationalist, anti-capitalist, moral, and anti-democratic anarchism (i.e., that which is hostile to the… — Jacques Ellul Copy Share Image
We need to organize ourselves and protest against existing order - against war, against economic and sexual exploitation, against racism, etc. But… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
The Renaissance had resulted in the emancipation of the individual, in making him feel that the universe had no other purpose than… — Bernard Berenson Copy Share Image
The use of the word royalty, as fee to a proprietor for the exploitation of a work or property, derives from the… — Elgin Groseclose Copy Share Image
There have, for years, been comparative studies of religious fanaticism and factors that correlate with it. By and large, it tends to… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“There is nothing in which mankind have been more unanimous [founding nations upon superstition]; yet nothing can be inferred from it more… — John Adams Copy Share Image
How does a woman in authority convey that authority? Is it possible for a woman to rule without sounding shrill? Is it… — Stacy Schiff Copy Share Image
In matters of philosophy and science authority has ever been the great opponent of truth. A despotic calm is usually the triumph… — William Stanley Jevons Copy Share Image
“The aesthetic construct, and nothing else, has taught us to expose ourselves to a non-enslaving experience of rank differences. The work of… — Peter Sloterdijk Copy Share Image
“All authority is quite degrading. It degrades those who exercise it, and degrades those over whom it is exercised. When it is… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Today, acknowledgement of the prevalence and harms of child sexual abuse is counterbalanced with cautionary tales about children and women who, under… — Michael Salter Copy Share Image
The financial system has been turned over to the Federal Reserve Board. That Board administers the finance system by authority of a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My library is my kingdom, and here I try to make my rule absolute-shutting off this single nook from wife, daughter and… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
I suspect the popularity of young adults and dystopian novels has something to do with a desire for allegory and old-fashioned morality… — Allegra Goodman Copy Share Image
If you ask me what I believe in today, I believe in feminism. I believe that all human beings are equal. I… — Marilyn French Copy Share Image
I am inclined to think that the authority of Holy Scripture is intended to convince men of those truths which are necessary… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
We do not segment our lives, giving some time to God, some to our business or schooling, while keeping parts to ourselves.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The American experiment, the United States in the past eight years [2008-2016] was not considered worthy of leading, because we had committed… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
The publication in 1859 of the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin made a marked epoch in my own mental development, as… — Francis Galton Copy Share Image
When members unite with the church, they should not only make a profession of faith in Christ (that is essential), but in… — Jay Adams 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
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