#authority

I developed a problem with authority. Any time that authority was what I interpreted as being unjust, I stood up to it, and that became my personality. ↗

— Tom Petty

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The institutions that claim to represent God, when they are not ignored altogether, are treated like other human institutions that have to earn their right to a hearing by the value of what they say, and not by virtue of who is saying it. Today, authority has to earn respect by the intrinsic value of what it says, not by the force of its imposition. ↗

— Richard Holloway

#religion #religion

A story is a letter that the author writes to himself, to tell himself things that he would be unable to discover otherwise. ↗

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

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The authority is not granted you to deny the return of the king! ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

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After having so nobly disentangled themselves from the shackles of Parental Authority, by a Clandestine Marriage, they were determined never to forfeit the good opinion they had gained in the World, in so doing, by accepting any proposals of reconciliation that might be offered them by their Fathers – to their farther trial of their noble independence however they never were exposed. ↗

— Jane Austen

#jane-austen #love-and-friendship #marriage #parents #satire

For years, my colleagues and I - primarily Republicans but also some Democrats - have introduced legislation and written to the FCC asking the commission to cease attempts to regulate the Internet unless given the clear authority to do so by Congress. ↗

— Mary Bono

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Creation implies authority in the sense of originator. The possibility of a 'Fall' is implied in a Covenant insofar as the idea of a Covenant implies the possibility of its being violated. ↗

— Kenneth Burke

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A revolution is an act of violence whereby one class shatters the authority of another. ↗

— James MacGregor Burns

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To see and be acquainted with strangers, in especial with men in honour and authority. ↗

— Thomas Cavendish

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Men in authority will always think that criticism of their policies is dangerous. They will always equate their policies with patriotism, and find criticism subversive. ↗

— Henry Steele Commager

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