Authority Quotes

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I have a foreboding of an America in my children's or grandchildren's time ... when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very… — Carl Sagan
How can I be expected to believe that this same racial discrimination which has been the cause of so much injustice and suffering right through… — Nelson Mandela
The effect of our knowledge rather ought to be, first, to teach us reverence and fear; and, secondly, to induce us, under its guidance and… — John Calvin
Money cannot be applied to the *general welfare*, otherwise than by an application of it to some *particular* measure conducive to the general welfare. Whenever,… — James Madison
The priest invents and encourages every kind of suffering and distress so that man may not have the opportunity to become scientific, which requires a… — Robert Sheaffer
Self-confidence is inseparable from submission to the creedal order, and through that order, to the supreme authority expressed in that order. ... Deep individualism cannot… — Philip Rieff
Showing a lack of self-control is in the same vein granting authority to others: 'Perhaps I need someone else to control me. — Criss Jami
When comprehending how different people truly are, you also comprehend the absolute necessity of some divine authority. — Criss Jami
Usually without realizing it, our ultimate peace starts and ends in the authority of God alone, which means the solution to living in joy, peace,… — Criss Jami
The uniting of Orthodoxy with state absolutism came about on the soil of a non-belief in the Divineness of the earth, in the earthly future… — Nikolai Berdyaev
The gods gave me a father who ruled over me and rid me of any trace of arrogance and showed me that one can live… — Marcus Aurelius
The authority of a belief imposed by religion surely destroys the discovery of reality.One relies on authority because one is afraid to stand alone. — Jiddu Krishnamurti
When all authority of every kind is put aside, denied, then you can find out for yourself. — Jiddu Krishnamurti
With respect to the authority of great names, it should be remembered that he alone deserves to have any weight and influence with posterity, who… — Charles Caleb Colton
Power. like the diamond, dazzles the beholder, and also the wearer; it dignifies meanness; it magnifies littleness; to what is contemptible, it gives authority; to… — Charles Caleb Colton
We need a regime change in this country.... If we launch a pre-emptive strike on Iraq we lose all moral authority. — Jesse Jackson
They, who would combat general authority with particular opinion, must first establish themselves a reputation of understanding better than other men. — John Dryden
God, who prepares His work through ages, accomplishes it when the hour is come, with the feeblest instruments. — Bill Vaughan
above this race of men stands an immense and tutelary power, which takes upon itself alone to secure their gratifications, and to watch over their… — Alexis de Tocqueville
In the United States the sovereign authority is religious, and consequently hypocrisy must be common; but there is no country in the world where the… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Perhaps even more than constituted authority, it is social uniformity and sameness that harass the individual most. His very "uniqueness," "separateness" and "differentiation" make him… — Emma Goldman
The great interests of an agricultural, commercial, and manufacturing nation are so linked in union together that no permanent cause of prosperity to one of… — John Quincy Adams
If one starts with the assumption that, in the absence of specific Congressional authority, a fixed rule of law precludes contracting officers from providing in… — Felix Frankfurter
readable text and authority so that readers know how to spend - no matter how much information there is, I have the same number of… — David Gelernter
Freedom of conscience entails more dangers than authority and despotism. — Michel Foucault

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