Teaching and writing, really, they support and nourish each other, and they foster good thinking. Because when you show up in the… — Emily Barton Copy Share Image
I have begun drafting a memorandum for the prosecuting authorities, together with all evidence necessary to establish not only the existence of… — Christopher Monckton, 3rd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley Copy Share Image
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Contact with men who wield power and authority still leaves an intangible sense of repulsion. It's very like being in close proximity… — Jean Baudrillard Copy Share Image
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God has ordained the state as a delegated authority; it is not autonomous. The state is to be an agent of justice,… — Francis Schaeffer Copy Share Image
I can now see that our needs meshed perfectly: my need to be swept away by a man, to be held securely… — Betsy Blair Copy Share Image
To form a judgment intuitively is the privilege of few; authority and example lead the rest of the world. They see with… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
Vanity is so frequently the apparent motive of advice that we, for the most part, summon our powers to oppose it without… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
All modes of government are failures. Despotism is unjust to everybody, including the despot, who was probably made for better things. Oligarchies… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The word 'truth' itself ceases to have its old meaning. It describes no longer something to be found, with the individual conscience… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
I didn't do anything as active as deciding that I wanted to be a writer. For one thing, I didn't feel like… — Kelly Link Copy Share Image
I think there ought to be a strict separation or wall built between our religious faith and our practice of political authority… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
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As one might expect, authoritarianism will at times cause children and students to adopt rebellious positions, defiant of any limit, discipline, or… — Paulo Freire Copy Share Image
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The doctrine of marriage depends on Genesis being true. If there's an absolute authority, and if God's the Creator, He made one… — Ken Ham Copy Share Image
The word of God is definitely above culture, in terms of what or who should have authority in our lives. However, we… — Steve Scott Copy Share Image
...[sacred] doctrine is especially based upon arguments from authority, inasmuch as its principles are obtained by revelation: thus we ought to believe… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
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“Why do you need that thing?" September asked. "None of the airports back home have them." "They do. You just can't see… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
I would like to see ... an entirely different procedure which is that we vote on the budget and decide how much… — Millicent Fenwick Copy Share Image
As I've gotten older, I've felt I have more authority on that subject. I think the conversation needs to be reframed. What… — Meghan Daum Copy Share Image
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Whenever a single definite object is made the supreme end of the State, be it the advantage of a class, the safety… — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
Consistent with section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C. 1622(d), I am continuing for 1 year the national emergency previously… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Americans cannot escape a certain responsibility for what is done in our name around the world. In a democracy, even one as… — Mark Hertsgaard Copy Share Image
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