Authority Quotes

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In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign. Secondly, a just cause. Thirdly, a rightful… — Thomas Aquinas
Mockery of religion is one of the most essential things because to demystify supposedly 'holy text dictated by god' and show that they are man… — Christopher Hitchens
Without authority there is no liberty. Freedom is doomed to destruction at every turn, unless there is a recognized right to freedom. And if there… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
War over water would be an ultimate obscenity. And yet, unfortunately it is conceivable... Water has been a source over so many years of erosion… — Queen Noor of Jordan
The same state of the passions which fits the multitude, who have not a sufficient stock of reason and knowledge to guide them, for opposition… — Alexander Hamilton
The other General Welfare Clause is in the first of the authorities given to the Congress and it's not a grant, it's a restriction. By… — Andrew Napolitano
... The meeting is called by the U.S. to give their vision of the interim Iraqi authority. It will be a one-day meeting. And the… — Ahmed Chalabi
Learn to love humility, for it will cover all your sins. All sins are repulsive before God, but the most repulsive of all is pride… — Anthony of Padua
The examples of vice at home corrupt us more quickly and easily than others, since they steal into our minds under the highest authority. — Juvenal
Thus I came...to a deep religiosity, which, however, reached an abrupt end at the age of 12. Through the reading of popular scientific books I… — Albert Einstein
Who does not see that the same authority which can establish Christianity, in exclusion of all other Religions, may establish with the same ease any… — James Madison
Wherever morality is based on theology, wherever the right is made dependent on divine authority, the most immoral, unjust, infamous things can be justified and… — Ludwig Feuerbach
The Bible rose to the place it now occupies because it deserved to rise to that place, and not because God sent anybody with a… — Bruce Barton
There's been no top authority saying what marijuana does to you. I really don't know that much about it. I tried it once but it… — John Wayne
Anyone who thinks we can continue to have world wars but make them nice polite affairs by outlawing this weapon or that should meditate upon… — Joel Henry Hildebrand
Progress in thought is the assertion of individualism against authority. — Oscar Wilde
All authority belongs to the people... In questions of power let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief… — Thomas Jefferson
Hence, in a state of nature, no man had any moral power to deprive another of his life, limbs, property, or liberty; nor the least… — Alexander Hamilton
The idea of restraining the legislative authority, in the means of providing for the national defense, is one of those refinements which owe their origin… — Alexander Hamilton
In any given society the authority of man over man runs in inverse proportion to the intellectual development of that society. — Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
To bring about government by oligarchy, masquerading as democracy, it is fundamentally essential that practically all authority and control be centralized in our Federal government.… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Though authority be a stubborn bear, yet he is oft let by the nose with gold. — William Shakespeare
The authority of government . . . can have no pure right over my person and property but what I concede to it. — Henry David Thoreau
War and Authority are companions; Peace and Liberty are companions. — Benjamin Tucker
Government is the assumption of authority over a given area and all within it, exercised generally for the double purpose of more complete oppression of… — Benjamin Tucker

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