Authority Quotes

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The money problem facing the country from 1789 to 1896 existed because Congress never exercised is authority to "coin money or regulate the value thereof"… — William Jennings Bryan
No one can remain insensitive to the inequalities that persist in the world ... the Brazilian people, particularly the humblest among you, can offer the… — Pope Francis
The great masses of people do not consist of philosophers; precisely for the masses, faith is often the sole foundation of a moral attitude. The… — Adolf Hitler
As to those other things which we hold on the authority, not of Scripture, but of tradition, and which are observed throughout the whole world,… — Saint Augustine
What is held by the whole Church, and that not as instituted by Councils, but as a matter of invariable custom, is rightly held to… — Saint Augustine
It is not the part of prudence to neglect that which antiquity in its long experience has approved and which is also taught by apostolic… — Pope Leo XIII
Is he prepared to support, at his own expense, projects and undertakings designed to help the needy? Is he prepared to pay higher taxes so… — Pope Paul VI
We, as Catholics are not permitted to believe anything of our own will, nor to choose what someone has believed of his. We have God's… — Isidore of Seville
Such then in number and importance are the precious ties belonging to the Christian name which keep a believer in the Catholic Church, as it… — Saint Augustine
In the Catholic Church, there are many other things which most justly keep me in her bosom. The consent of peoples and nations keeps me… — Saint Augustine
If one wishes to form a true estimate of the full grandeur of religion, one must keep in mind what it undertakes to do for… — Sigmund Freud
Let us choose to unite the power of markets with the authority of universal ideals. Let us choose to reconcile the creative forces of private… — Kofi Annan
Today the universal common good poses problems of world-wide dimensions, which cannot be adequately tackled or solved except by the efforts of public authorities endowed… — Pope John XXIII
Written language must be considered as a particular psychic reality. The book is permanent; it is an object in your field of vision. It speaks… — Gaston Bachelard
I would say to bishops, and to all men in authority, we should have an interest in carrying on this work. We should labor to… — Wilford Woodruff
The press, or at least most of it, has lost the passion, the outrage, and the sense of mission that once drove reporters to defy… — Chris Hedges
Dogma demands authority, rather than intelligent thought, as the source of opinion; it requires persecution of heretics and hostility to unbelievers; it asks of its… — Bertrand Russell
Although one never really knows what one's associates think of one deep down, I believe I was easy to work with, even though I have… — Guy de Rothschild
[M]orality is not a ritualistic obedience to a code of behavior imposed by an external authority. It is rather a healthy habit pattern that you… — Henepola Gunaratana
If you give the government the right to determine the consumption of the human body, to determine whether one should smoke or not smoke, drink… — Ludwig von Mises
This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made,… — James Madison
There can be no limitation of that authority which is to provide for the defense and protection of the community in any matter essential to… — Alexander Hamilton
The Nuremberg Trial of the German war criminals was tacitly based on the recognition of the principle: criminal actions cannot be excused if committed on… — Albert Einstein
No moral system can rest solely on authority. — A.J. Ayer
[A]s it must be admitted that the remedy under the Constitution lies where it has been marked out by the Constitution; and that no appeal… — James Madison

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