Authority Quote by Thomas Paine

There never did, there never will, and there never can exist a parliament, or any description of men, or any generation of men, in…

— Thomas Paine

“(To the newly graduated) There never did, there never will, and there never can exist a parliament, or any description of men, or any…

— Thomas Paine

“There never did, there never will, and there never can, exist a Parliament, or any description of men, or any generation of men, in…

— Thomas Paine

A generation may bind itself as long as its majority continues in life; when that has disappeared, another majority is in place, holds all…

— Thomas Jefferson

every generation has a conceit of itself which elevates it, in its own opinion, above that which comes after it.

— Margaret Oliphant

Every generation proclaims that each must lead his own life, but seldom grants the subsequent generation the right to lead theirs.

— Faith Baldwin

History can't tell us. Each generation must define itself.

— Geoffrey Ward

“Each generation exercises power over its successors: and each, in so far as it modifies the environment bequeathed to it and rebels against tradition,…

— C.S. Lewis

It is preposterous to suppose that the people of one generation can lay down the best and only rules of government for all who…

— Ulysses S. Grant

We may consider each generation as a distinct nation, with a right, by the will of its majority, to bind themselves, but none to…

— Thomas Jefferson

Though men now possess the power to dominate and exploit every corner of the natural world, nothing in that fact implies that they have…

— Edward Abbey

“Men can never have the true power they were endowed with by creation, until they respect and protect the women and children of the…

— Bryant McGill