Desire Quote by William Howard Taft

Most conduct is guided by norms rather than by laws. Norms are voluntary and are effective because they are enforced by peer pressure.

— Paul Collier

People tend to make rules for others and exceptions for themselves.

— Nishan Panwar

We control by attitudes-positive mental attitudes-not by rules.

— Woody Hayes

As long as were being reasonable and considerate, difficult behaviors from others say a lot more about them than they do about us.

— Senoraroy

People have a tremendous range of options of how they can behave. There's so much in people.

— Allan Nairn

Whenever there is authority, there is a natural inclination to disobedience.

— Thomas Chandler Haliburton

People are going to behave however the social norms permit, and beyond that.

— Max Cannon

Has it not. . . invariably been found that momentary passions, and immediate interests, have a more active and imperious control over human conduct…

— Alexander Hamilton

Perhaps even more than constituted authority, it is social uniformity and sameness that harass the individual most.

— Emma Goldman

There is no more important rule of conduct in the world than this: attach yourself as much as you can to people who are…

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

Prejudice and passion and suspicion are more dangerous than the incitement of self-interest or the most stubborn adherence to real differences of opinion regarding…

— Elihu Root

...people are by nature fickle, and it is easy to persuade them of something, but difficult to keep them persuaded.

— Niccolo Machiavelli