Authority Quotes

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That science has long been neglected and declining in England, is not an opinion originating with me, but is shared by many, and has been… — Charles Babbage
[I shall not] discuss scientific method, but rather the methods of scientists. We proceed by common sense and ingenuity. There are no rules, only the… — Joel Henry Hildebrand
[Science] is not perfect. It can be misused. It is only a tool. But it is by far the best tool we have, self-correcting, ongoing,… — Carl Sagan
It is odd that neither the Church nor modern public opinion condemns petting, provided it stops short at a certain point. At what point sin… — Bertrand Russell
As regards authority I so proceed. Boetius says in the second prologue to his Arithmetic, 'If an inquirer lacks the four parts of mathematics, he… — Roger Bacon
I'm convinced that a controlled disrespect for authority is essential to a scientist. All the good experimental physicists I have known have had an intense… — Luis Walter Alvarez
The people are hungry: It is because those in authority eat up too much in taxes. — Laozi
[Religion] attacks us in our deepest integrity - the core of our self-respect. Religion says that we would not know right from wrong, we would… — Christopher Hitchens
Certainly, no power to prescribe any religious exercise, or to assume authority in religious discipline, has been delegated to the General Government. — Thomas Jefferson
Every one must act according to the dictates of his own reason, and mine tells me that civil powers alone have been given to the… — Thomas Jefferson
It degrades from the equal rank of Citizens all those whose opinions in Religion do not bend to those of the Legislative authority. Distant as… — James Madison
The study of theology, as it stands in Christian churches, is the study of nothing; it is founded on nothing; it rests on no principles;… — Thomas Paine
Those who wish to seek out the cause of miracles, and to understand the things of nature as philosophers, and not to stare at them… — Baruch Spinoza
Bullies thrive wherever authority is weak — Tim Field
...any belief in supernatural creators, rulers, or influencers of natural or human process introduces an irreparable split into the universe, and prevents us from grasping… — Julian Huxley
The first thing to realize in meditation is that there is no authority, that the mind must be completely free to examine, to observe, to… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
Meditation is the most extraordinary thing if you know how to do it, and you cannot possibly learn from anybody; and that's the beauty of… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
The priesthood holds consummate power. It can protect you from the plague of pornography-and it is a plague-if you are succumbing to its influence. If… — Boyd K. Packer
This bill would renounce the safe, proper, and acceptable role for Government as a referee of disputes between the governed. It would interpose the Government… — Strom Thurmond
No provision in our Constitution ought to be dearer to man than that which protects the rights of conscience against the enterprises of the civil… — Thomas Jefferson

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