Authority Quote by William Greider Download Open image “The burnt odor in Washington is from the disintegrating authority of the governing classes.” — William Greider ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Authority Class Governing Odor
You always hear about waste and abuse in Washington. And usually it doesn't mean much, because nobody ever finds where that waste and abuse… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Washington has become this place that people don't leave. It has become this permanent feudal class. — Mark Leibovich Copy Share Image
When a totally offensive tax hits a few million people, Washington is prepared to look the other way. But when everyone is harmed, self… — Kevin Hassett Copy Share Image
Washington is a complete mess. It's become a venue for partisan bickering, where the needs of the working class just don't matter. — Meghan McCain Copy Share Image
The State Department has been your beat for so long. It has always smelled like Bob Corker was the in case of emergency, the… — Chuck Todd Copy Share Image
“It was a dead hole, smelling of synthetic leather and disinfectant, both of which odors seemed to emanate from the torn scratched material of… — Paula Fox Copy Share Image
Oh, that all the things my father had told me about how disgusting Washington is are true. And again it's the system - there… — Esther Dyson Copy Share Image
What smells so? Has somebody been burning a Rag, or is there a Dead Mule in the Back yard? No, the Man is Smoking… — Eugene Field Copy Share Image
People who leave Washington do so by way of the box... ballet or coffin. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Civil disobedience can help to focus attention on a particular injustice. It was used historically to highlight wrongs in society - turning ancient redwood forests into paper towels or preventing people from sitting down at lunch counters because of the color of their skin. On climate change, we have not seen strong leadership coming from Washington, DC.In particular the president… — Michael Brune Copy Share
If you think about it, Washington's overwhelming power in the world is founded on death, the awesome arsenal for killing people. — William Greider Copy Share Image
The threat to globalization is not the wasted American dollars but Washington's readiness to mix US commercial interests with its self-appointed role as global… — William Greider Copy Share Image
If US per capita income continues to grow at a rate of 1.5 percent a year, the country will have plenty of money to… — William Greider Copy Share Image
If one benefits tangibly from the exploitation of others who are weak, is one morally implicated in their predicament? Or are basic rights of… — William Greider Copy Share Image
The rich nations of the world are acting like ancient usurers, lending money to the desperate poor on terms that cannot possibly be met… — William Greider Copy Share Image
Maybe the reason some folks lag behind in our free enterprise system is because they depend too much on the free part and not… — William Greider Copy Share Image
If we have wealth, it will be protected from inflation and possibly even enhanced in value. — William Greider Copy Share Image
A profound political question is suddenly on the table: Must the country continue to give precedence to private financial gain and market determinism over… — William Greider Copy Share Image
The point is, the political reporters are the ones who no longer understand the ritual they are covering. They keep searching for political meanings… — William Greider Copy Share Image
The trauma of 9/11 stimulated infinite possibilities for worry - some quite plausible, but most inspired by remote what-if fantasies. A society bingeing on… — William Greider Copy Share Image
The ways in which people treat animals will be reflected in how people relate to one another. — William Greider 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