Authorities Quotes

261 Authorities quotes by 227 unique authors

Let no thought pass incognito, and keep your notebook as strictly as the authorities keep their register of aliens. — Walter Benjamin
I mourn my old life here. We barely scraped by, but I knew where I fit in, I knew what my place was in the… — Suzanne Collins
The foundation of individual rights is the assumption that people have wants and needs and are authorities on what those wants and needs are. If… — Steven Pinker
I now realize that education is a last wild effort on the part of the authorities to prevent an overdose of leisure from driving the… — Quentin Crisp
Mum said, "It is the thought that counts." And I said, "I know, which is why I am ringing the authorities right now. Anyone who… — Louise Rennison
Arguments from authority carry little weight â€“ authorities have made mistakes in the past. They will do so again in the future. Perhaps a better… — Carl Sagan
A free thinker used to be a man who had been educated on ideas of religion, law, morality, and had arrived at free thought by… — Leo Tolstoy
Throughout human history, as our species has faced the frightening, terrorizing fact that we do not know who we are, or where we are going… — Timothy Leary
As naturally as the ruled always took the morality imposed upon them more seriously than did the rulers themselves, the deceived masses are today captivated… — Theodor Adorno
I wonâ€™t tell you how I managed to break in, since I donâ€™t want the authorities figuring out, but letâ€™s just say that if youâ€™re… — Meg Cabot
When you vote, you are exercising political authority, you're using force. And force, my friends, is violence. The supreme authority from which all other authorities… — Robert A. Heinlein
What is new in our time is the increased power of the authorities to enforce their prejudices. — Bertrand Russell
To resort to power one need not be violent, and to speak to conscience one need not be meek. The most effective action both resorts… — Barbara Deming
Do not let either the medical authorities or the politicians mislead you. Find out what the facts are, and make your own decisions about how… — Linus Pauling
Every year Swedish society produces a new generation of threatened women who can testify to the lack of legal rights and the lukewarm interest shown… — Stieg Larsson
In Gujarat, we had the world record of largest number of chess games in a single venue - 20,500 - and in Tamil Nadu, I… — Viswanathan Anand
The holy scriptures as well as the local and General Authorities of the Church provide a safety net of counsel and guidance for the people… — James E. Faust
As an independent person, I find it difficult being dependent for everything, for even my food and medicine, to the prison authorities. I have had… — Asif Ali Zardari
There is a long tradition in China for writers and journalists to take pen names, partly as protection from retaliation by authorities. If Facebook requires… — Michael Anti
It is important that the right of Israel to exist should be respected and also the viable Palestinian authorities, in terms of political and financial… — Ban Ki-moon

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