"When people do not dread authorities, then a……" — Laozi
"When people do not dread authorities, then a greater dread descends."
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1,065 Quotes by Laozi
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More Authorities Quotes
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The American press has the blues. Too many authorities have assured it that its days are numbered, too many good…
— Russell Baker
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I have been told by hospital authorities that more copies of my works are left behind by departing patients than…
— Robert Benchley
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Beslan, where the Russian authorities stopped live coverage of the school being stormed, was an illustration of the progress we…
— Kate Adie
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We will use all lawful tools at our disposal, and that includes authorities under the renewed PATRIOT Act. We firmly…
— John O. Brennan
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The brilliance of Max Brooks is that he always quotes authorities at the back of his books that never existed.…
— Mel Brooks
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War over water would be an ultimate obscenity. And yet, unfortunately it is conceivable... Water has been a source over…
— Queen Noor of Jordan
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The other General Welfare Clause is in the first of the authorities given to the Congress and it's not a…
— Andrew Napolitano
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In the fight against terrorism, national agencies keep full control over their police forces, security and intelligence agencies and judicial…
— Gijs de Vries
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In a man's middle years there is scarcely a part of the body he would hesitate to turn over to…
— Elwyn Brooks White
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The dropping of the Atomic Bomb is a very deep problem... Instead of commemorating Hiroshima we should celebrate... man's triumph…
— Frederick Soddy
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A discovery must be, by definition, at variance with existing knowledge. During my lifetime, I made two. Both were rejected…
— Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
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We too often bind ourselves by authorities rather than by the truth.
— Lucretia Mott
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