Authority Quote by Adam Cohen Download Open image “The civil rights and antiwar movements taught Americans to question authority.” — Adam Cohen ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.9 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Authority Civil Right Civil rights Question Question Authority Rights Taught
“Authority is a strange concept. It begins with assumptions and ends with denials. The bigger the Authority, the more power it assumes, and the less likely it is to be reasonable, kind, or flexible. The bigger it is the more likely it is to deny new thoughts, new opinions, or its own limits. Question Authority. Do it carefully, but do… — Sharon Lee Copy Share
Regardless of your race, religion or political affiliation, never hesitate to question those in authority. — Tavis Smiley Copy Share Image
I must personally say that I do question the sincerity and nonviolent intentions of some civil rights leaders such as Dr. Martin Luther King… — Jerry Falwell Copy Share Image
In 1962, the smallest things were upsetting to authority. It wasn't the Civil Rights Movement. It wasn't the Anti-war Movement. It was something else,… — Peter Riegert Copy Share Image
America's founders knew the importance of allowing the people to speak critically about government actions. — Mark Meadows Copy Share Image
“Issues that agitate American politics—who is an American citizen and what rights come along with citizenship, the relative powers of the national government and… — Eric Foner Copy Share Image
It is not enough these days to simply QUESTION AUTHORITY. You have to speak with it, too. — Taylor Mali Copy Share Image
It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“One must go to America to understand what power material well-being exerts on political actions and even on opinions themselves, which ought to be… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
1963, because of the sense of moral authority that the civil rights movement had, we were able to get people to respond, because of… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
That's the thing about independently minded children. You bring them up teaching them to question authority, and you forget that the very first authority… — Susan Sarandon Copy Share Image
Congress needs to toughen the laws protecting elections and make clear that anyone interfering with democracy will pay a stiff price. — Adam Cohen Copy Share Image
In a perfect world, we would have put users in control of their information when the Internet was first created. — Adam Cohen Copy Share Image
With increased awareness should come greater caution about how confessions are used at trial - and a greater willingness to overturn convictions when it… — Adam Cohen Copy Share Image
Being unemployed - or working at minimum wage - is rough in the best of circumstances. — Adam Cohen Copy Share Image
The Supreme Court's most conservative Justices have presented themselves as great respecters of precedent and opponents of 'judicial activism' - of judges using the… — Adam Cohen Copy Share Image
To be rejected on account of old age may or may not feel the same as being rejected on the basis of race or… — Adam Cohen Copy Share Image
Our movements reveal a great deal about who we are. A record of our locations over time can reveal whether we go to tent… — Adam Cohen Copy Share Image
A federal Voters' Bill of Rights could press the states to put non-partisan managers in charge of elections. — Adam Cohen Copy Share Image
There was a rule, back when I was an education lawyer in Alabama, about visiting public schools: always go on a rainy day so… — Adam Cohen Copy Share Image
When the government takes video of people in public places, the images should only be kept as long as they may reasonably be needed… — Adam Cohen Copy Share Image
Set in the advertising world of the 1960s, 'Mad Men' is stunning to look at - a Camelot-era parade of smartly dressed professionals lounging… — Adam Cohen Copy Share Image
Twitter, Facebook, and other social media outlets have a great deal of information about all of us - and the government wants to be… — Adam Cohen Copy Share Image
I don't believe in competitions between artists. This is insane. Who has the authority to say someone is better? — Alan Arkin Copy Share Image
Islam never differentiates between men and women as regards political rights and puts them on an equal footing. However, even if a woman is… — Yusuf al-Qaradawi Copy Share Image
I think people need to be comfortable questioning the authority of a doctor. — Susannah Cahalan Copy Share Image
At a distance, we cannot conceive of the authority of a despot who knows all his subjects on sight. — Stendhal Copy Share Image
Throughout human history, as our species has faced the frightening, terrorizing fact that we do not know who we are, or where we are… — Timothy Leary Copy Share Image
“I'm of the age and immaturity level that I cannot give you my respect solely because you are older or ranked higher on an… — Erica Goros Copy Share Image
In the end theologians are jealous of science, for they are aware that it has greater authority than do their own ways of finding… — Jerry A. Coyne Copy Share Image
Every wife ought to answer for her man. If the husband be engaged in a seditious club, or drinks mysterious healths, or be frugal… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Miracles are like candles lit up until the sun rises, and then blown out. Therefore, I am amused when I hear sects and churches… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The execution was set for the 29th of March, at nine in the morning. This delay was due to a desire on the part… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
I started with the belief that every person who came to the laboratory was free to accept or to reject the dictates of authority.… — Stanley Milgram Copy Share Image
The rationale which accompanies that imposition of male authority euphemistically referred to as 'the battle of the sexes' bears a certain resemblance to the… — Kate Millett Copy Share Image
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