Authority Quotes

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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 of the power… — Lord Acton
As the people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from them that the constitutional charter, under which the several branches of… — James Madison
Authority and power are two different things: power is the force by means of which you can oblige others to obey you. Authority is the… — Jacques Maritain
With the eventual acceptance of Darwin's theory we reach a modern understanding of nature, one which has since then changed in detail rather than in… — Peter Singer
For if we are observed in all matters, we are constantly under threat of correction, judgment, criticism, even plagiarism of our own uniqueness. We become… — Bruce Schneier
What the universal Church holds, not as instituted [invented] by councils but as something always held, is most correctly believed to have been handed down… — Saint Augustine
It can be tempting to blame others for our loss of direction. We get lots of information about life but little education in life from… — Bernie Siegel
If we get our salvation, we shall have to pass by him [Joseph Smith]; if we enter our glory, it will be through the authority… — George Q. Cannon
Thoughtful men, with hearts craving the truth, have come to seek in the Catholic Church the road which leads with surety to eternal life. They… — Pope Leo XIII
Leaders are more powerful role models when they learn than when they teach. — Rosabeth Moss Kanter
What you allow you encourage. — Michael Josephson
The same divine authority that forbids the killing of a human being establishes certain exceptions, as when God authorizes killing by a general law or… — Saint Augustine
No government by experts in which the masses do not have the chance to inform the experts as to their needs can be anything but… — John Dewey
Authority ought to be there only to serve its particular community by removing restrictions on freedom of expression and action under my golden rule of… — David Icke
Democracy is nothing but the Tyranny of Majorities, the most abominable tyranny of all, for it is not based on the authority of a religion,… — Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
The discipline of colleges and universities is in general contrived, not for the benefit of the students, but for the interest, or more properly speaking,… — Adam Smith
Scepticism and refusal of authority is at the heart of scientific endeavour. Scientific knowledge dictates economic possibilities — David Landes
Liberalism is, in fact, the ideology of the capitalist revolution that prodigiously raised the living standards of the mass of people; a doctrine gradually elaborated… — Ralph Raico
America's government is not even aware of the gap between its commitments and action, because almost nobody in authority understands the actions that would be… — Jeffrey Sachs
Autonomous state actions will regularly take forms that attempt to reinforce the authority, political longevity, and social control of the state. — Theda Skocpol
There exists ample authority under which population growth could be regulated...It has been concluded that compulsory population-control laws, even including laws requiring compulsory abortion, could… — John Holdren
If you establish a democracy, you must in due time reap the fruits of a democracy. You will in due season have great impatience of… — Benjamin Disraeli
Our adversaries [ the Confederate States of America ] have adopted some declarations of independence in which, unlike the good old one penned by Jefferson,… — Abraham Lincoln
...The Court ...[recognizes]...the persistence of racial inequality and a majority's acknowledgement of Congress's authority to act affirmatively, not only to end discrimination, but also to… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg
I will not cede more power to the state. I will not willingly cede more power to anyone, not to the state, not to General… — William F. Buckley, Jr.

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