It vexes me when they would constrain science by the authority of the Scriptures, and yet do not consider themselves bound to answer reason and experiment. ↗
Authority is something from which we are constantly subtracting, of which there remains always a residue, and which we attempt to make smaller and smaller. ↗
Of all presidential perks, the pardon power has a special significance. It is just the kind of authority that would attract the special attention of someone obsessed with himself and his own ability to influence events. ↗