Authority Quote by Lucretia Mott Download Open image “We too often bind ourselves by authorities rather than by the truth.” — Lucretia Mott ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.4 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Authority Truth
We do not just blindly concede control to authorities; instead we follow the cues provided by our moral communities on how best to behave. — Michael Shermer Copy Share Image
Have no respect for the authority of others, for there are always contrary authorities to be found — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Truth in our society often takes a back seat to securing gainful consequences. — Pamela Meyer Copy Share Image
They must find it hard to take Truth for authority who have so long mistaken Authority for Truth. — Gerald Massey Copy Share Image
There can be no more reliable authority on earth than God's Word, the Bible. This timeless, trustworthy source of truth holds the key that… — Charles R. Swindoll Copy Share Image
Because others have let us down, it is now our duty to face the hard truths and do the right thing--no matter the personal… — Glenn Beck Copy Share Image
We who are interested in relative truth have to keep digging for it and not let ourselves be sucked under. — Holly Near Copy Share Image
Everywhere in life people are in authority to make decisions and you have to abide by them, whether right or wrong. — Nasser Hussain Copy Share Image
The average mind is slow in grasping a truth, but when the most thoroughly organized, centralized institution, maintained at an excessive national expense, has… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
Our society finds truth too strong a medicine to digest undiluted. In its purest form, truth is not a polite tap on the shoulder.… — Ted Koppel Copy Share Image
Woman has so long been subject to the disabilities and restrictions with which her progress has been embarrassed that she has become enervated, her… — Lucretia Mott Copy Share Image
I resolved to claim for my sex all that an impartial Creator had bestowed, which, by custom and a perverted application of the Scriptures,… — Lucretia Mott Copy Share Image
The cause of Peace has had my share of efforts, taking the ultra non-resistance ground - that a Christian cannot consistently uphold, and actively… — Lucretia Mott Copy Share Image
the Law has made the man and wife one person, and that one person the husband! — Lucretia Mott Copy Share Image
In the marriage union, the independence of the husband and wife will be equal, their dependence mutual, and their obligations reciprocal. — Lucretia Mott Copy Share Image
Those who go forth ministering to the wants and necessities of their fellow beings experience a rich return, their souls being as a watered… — Lucretia Mott Copy Share Image
It is not Christianity, but priestcraft that has subjected woman as we find her. — Lucretia Mott Copy Share Image
I have no idea of submitting tamely to injustice inflicted either on me or on the slave. I will oppose it with all the… — Lucretia Mott Copy Share Image
It is time that Christians were judged more by their likeness to Christ than their notions of Christ. Were this sentiment generally admitted we… — Lucretia Mott Copy Share Image
... my convictions led me to adhere to the sufficiency of the light within us, resting on truth as authority, rather than 'taking authority… — Lucretia Mott Copy Share Image
The world has never yet seen a truly great and virtuous nation, because in the degradation of women, the very fountains of life are… — Lucretia Mott Copy Share Image
I don't believe in competitions between artists. This is insane. Who has the authority to say someone is better? — Alan Arkin Copy Share Image
Islam never differentiates between men and women as regards political rights and puts them on an equal footing. However, even if a woman is… — Yusuf al-Qaradawi Copy Share Image
I think people need to be comfortable questioning the authority of a doctor. — Susannah Cahalan Copy Share Image
At a distance, we cannot conceive of the authority of a despot who knows all his subjects on sight. — Stendhal Copy Share Image
Throughout human history, as our species has faced the frightening, terrorizing fact that we do not know who we are, or where we are… — Timothy Leary Copy Share Image
“I'm of the age and immaturity level that I cannot give you my respect solely because you are older or ranked higher on an… — Erica Goros Copy Share Image
In the end theologians are jealous of science, for they are aware that it has greater authority than do their own ways of finding… — Jerry A. Coyne Copy Share Image
Every wife ought to answer for her man. If the husband be engaged in a seditious club, or drinks mysterious healths, or be frugal… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Miracles are like candles lit up until the sun rises, and then blown out. Therefore, I am amused when I hear sects and churches… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The execution was set for the 29th of March, at nine in the morning. This delay was due to a desire on the part… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
I started with the belief that every person who came to the laboratory was free to accept or to reject the dictates of authority.… — Stanley Milgram Copy Share Image
The rationale which accompanies that imposition of male authority euphemistically referred to as 'the battle of the sexes' bears a certain resemblance to the… — Kate Millett Copy Share Image
