Air Quote by Alice Munro

If any man's money can be taken by a so-called government, without his own personal consent, all his other rights are taken with it;…

— Lysander Spooner

Arbitrary rule has its basis, not in the strength of the state or the chief, but in the moral weakness of the individual, who…

— Friedrich Ratzel

Habit is altogether too arbitrary a master for me to submit to.

— Johann Kaspar Lavater

Fundamentally, adopting rules without any estimate of the impact is the height of arbitrary decision-making.

— Michael O'Rielly

“nothing is arbitrary in this whole world, there is a good reason behind each and everything…”

— Nikhil Kumar

There is something on earth greater than arbitrary or despotic power. The lightning has its power, and the whirlwind has its power, and the…

— Daniel Webster

What causes adolescents to rebel is not the assertion of authority but the arbitrary use of power, with little explanation of the rules and…

— Laurence Steinberg

Contrary to what certain governments say, human rights are universal. Arbitrary detention, torture and discrimination hurt the human dignity of anybody, whatever his or…

— Shirin Ebadi

Police in China can do whatever they want; after 81 days in arbitrary detention you clearly realise that they don't have to obey their…

— Ai Weiwei

I look back, now, and I know that the naming moment, which seemed so insignificant then, which seemed to demand no more than an…

— Gregory David Roberts

I don't concern myself with thinking ahead to the finished product. I focus more specifically on what the character is experiencing. Once you relieve…

— Jesse Eisenberg

Not to be offensive, not to be capricious, not to be arbitrary, not to be neurotic, not to be an actor outer, you're just…

— William Hurt