Authority
If cops were viewed as the enemy, the tenuous balance of power could shift. Laws would be broken out of contempt. Authority wouldn’t be acknowledged. Police officers might even be attacked, or worse.
Author: J. A. KonrathTopics: Acknowledgement, Authority, Cops, Enemy, Famous, Laws, Police, Power, Shift
Children should have the authority to interact with the realities of the world. Maybe, that’s because we make them read fairy tales.
Author: A. J. CookTopics: Authority, Children, Children privacy, Experiences, Famous, Inspirational, Life, Meaningful, Realities, Reality, Tales, World
There ought always to be a constitutional method of giving efficacy to constitutional provisions. What for instance would avail restrictions on the authority of the state legislatures, without some constitutional mode of enforcing the observance of them? . . . This power must either be a direct negative on the state laws, or an authority in the federal courts, to over-rule such as might be in manifest contravention of the articles of union.
Author: James MadisonTopics: Authority, Constitutional, Famous, Giving, Law, Provisions, Union
The ultimate authority resides in the people, and that if the federal government got too powerful and overstepped its authority, then the people would develop plans of resistance and resort to arms.
Author: James MadisonTopics: Authority, Famous, Government, People, Powerful
It may not be easy, in every possible case, to trace the line of separation between the rights of religion and the Civil authority with such distinctness as to avoid collisions and doubts on unessential points. The tendency to usurpation on one side or the other, or to a corrupting coalition or alliance between them, will be best guarded agst. by an entire abstinence of the Govt. from interference in any way whatsoever, beyond the necessity of preserving public order, and protecting each sect agst. trespasses on its legal rights by others.
Author: James MadisonTopics: Authority, Civil, Famous, Power, Religions, Rights
War … should only be declared by the authority of the people, whose toils and treasures are to support its burdens, instead of the government which is to reap its fruits.
Author: James MadisonTopics: Authority, Burden, Consequences, Declaration, Famous, Government, People, Support, War
There are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.
Author: James MadisonTopics: Authority, Constitution, Famous, Freedom of speech, Politics
In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign. Secondly, a just cause. Thirdly, a rightful intention
Author: Thomas AquinasTopics: Authority, Famous, Feelings, Inspirational, Life, Meaningful, Necessary, Rightful
The study of theology, as it stands in Christian churches, is the study of nothing; it is founded on nothing; it rests on no principles; it proceeds by no authorities; it has no data; it can demonstrate nothing; and it admits of no conclusion
Author: Thomas PaineTopics: Admits, Authority, Church, Conclusions, Data, Demonstrated, Nothing, Principles, Rests, Stands, Study, Theology
You cannot undermine police authority and then complain about rising crime
Author: Thomas PaineTopics: Authority, Cannot, Complain, Crimes, Famous, Feelings, Meaningful, Police, Rising, Undermine
- In a period of emergency, there is a normal inclination to go to the author.
Topics: Authenticity, Author, Authoritative figure, Authority, Authorizing, Emergency, Emerging, Normal, Normal Life, Period of transition, Periods
For a long time – that is, for the vast majority of my grown-up life – I worked resolutely for the two-state arrangement notwithstanding incalculable disappointments, both with respect to the Israeli governments and the Palestinian Authority.
Author: A. B. YehoshuaTopics: Arrangement, Authority, Growing, Grown Up, Israel, Majority, Make, Respect, Respectful, Times, Times of difficulty, Worked, Worked Privately
Being a man is the continuing battle for one’s life. One loses a bit of manhood with every stale compromise to the authority of any power in which one does not believe.
Author: H. Rap BrownTopics: Authority, Battle, Believe, Compromise, Famous, Manhood, Men, Power
To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose philosophy consists in holding humanity in contempt, is like administering medicine to the dead, or endeavoring to convert an atheist by scripture
Author: Thomas PaineTopics: Administering, Argue, Atheist, Authority, Contempt, Converts, Dead, Endeavoring, Famous, Holding, Humanity, Meaningful, Medicine, Philosophy, Reason, Renounce, Scriptures
A man’s women folk, whatever their outward show of respect for his merit and authority, always regard him secretly as an ass, and with something akin to pity.
Author: H. L. MenckenTopics: Authority, Famous, Men, Merit, Respect
Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people
Author: Thomas JeffersonTopics: Accountability, Authority, Existing, Famous, Govern, Leave, Life, Meaningful, People, Responsible, Transparency
It is error alone which needs the support of the government. Truth can stand by itself.
Author: Thomas JeffersonTopics: Alone, Authority, Error, Government, Independence, Support, Trust, Truth, Validation
Obedience to lawful authority is the foundation of manly character.
Author: Robert E. LeeTopics: Authority, Character, Famous, Foundation, Lawful, Obedience
To permit irresponsible authority is to sell disaster.
Author: Robert A. HeinleinTopics: Authority, Irresponsible
No statement should be believed because it is made by an authority.
Author: Robert A. HeinleinTopics: Authority, Believed, Statement
Our freedom to doubt was born out of a struggle against authority in the early days of science. It was a very deep and strong struggle: permit us to question – to doubt – to not be sure. I think that it is important that we do not forget this struggle and thus perhaps lose what we have gained.
Author: Richard P. FeynmanTopics: Authority, Freedom, Gained, Important, Perhaps, Struggle
There is no authority who decides what is a good idea.
Author: Richard P. FeynmanTopics: Authority, Decides, Good, Idea
Have no respect whatsoever for authority; forget who said it and instead look what he starts with, where he ends up, and ask yourself, ‘Is it reasonable?’
Author: Richard P. FeynmanTopics: Authority, Famous, Forget, Instead, Reasonable, Respect, Starts, Whatsoever
When governments claim to derive their authority from any source other than the governed, it always leads to the destruction of liberty.
Author: G. Edward GriffinTopics: Authority, Claims, Destruction, Famous, Governments, Leading, Liberty
Authority poisons everybody who takes authority on himself.
Author: Golda MeirTopics: Authority, Everybody, Famous, Himself, Poison, Take
Relationships are negotiated, and if you deal with ultimatums and authority all the time, then you’re not going to get anywhere.
Author: Phil McGrawTopics: Authority, Famous, Meaningful, Relationship
The function of constitutional monarchy is to personify the democratic state, to sanction legitimate authority, to assure the legality of means, and guarantee the execution of the public will. It is my ardent desire that no citizen in my realms should suffer restraint.
Author: Queen Elizabeth IITopics: Authority, Desire, Famous, Feelings, Meaningful
Management has authority only as long as it performs.
Author: Peter DruckerTopics: Authority, Famous, Management, Meaningful
Management means, in the last analysis, the substitution of thought for brawn and muscle, of knowledge for folkways and superstition, and of cooperation for force. It means the substitution of responsibility for obedience to rank, and of authority of performance for the authority of rank.
Author: Peter DruckerTopics: Authority, Famous, Knowledge, Management, Meaningful, Obedience, Superstition
Charlie Sheen has the potential to cause your soul to weep and forfeit
Author: Charlie Sheen
Topics: Author, Authority, Entertainment, Entertainment business, Human soul, Mental process, Mental well-being, Potential, Sorrows, Soul
what you hear in my voice is fury, not suffering. Anger, not moral authority
Author: Audre LordeTopics: Authority, Famous, Feelings, Hear, Life, Meaningful, Suffer
I have as much authority as the Pope. I just don’t have as many people who believe it.
Author: George CarlinTopics: Authority, Believe, Famous, Humorous, People
Men may be good in some respects, not necessarily, therefore, in all. A man who is an authority on one matter is not therefore an authority on all matters.
Author: Mahatma GandhiTopics: Authority, Famous, Good, Man, Meaningful, Respects
They declare that it is unpatriotic and disruptive to question the workings of authority–but patriotic to institute harsh and regressive policies that benefit the wealthy, undermine social programs that serve the needs of the great majority, and subordinate a frightened population to increased state control.
Author: Noam ChomskyTopics: Authority, Declare, Policies, Population, Program, Question, State
I think it only makes sense to seek out and identify structures of authority, hierarchy, and domination in every aspect of life, and to challenge them; unless a justification for them can be given, they are illegitimate, and should be dismantled, to increase the scope of human freedom.
Author: Noam ChomskyTopics: Authority, Dismantled, Domination, Freedom, Hierarchy, Identify, Justification, Life, Structures
It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority.
Author: Benjamin FranklinTopics: Authority, Citizen, Responsibility
Science needs the light of free expression to flourish. It depends on the fearless questioning of authority, and the open exchange of ideas.
Author: Neil deGrasse TysonTopics: Authority, Experiences, Famous, Fearless, Flourish, Ideas, Life, Light, Meaningful, Science
Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.
Author: Albert EinsteinTopics: Authority, Authorizing, Enemies, Enemy, Experiences, Famous, Inspirational, Life, Meaningful, Positive, Thinking, Truth
Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory.
Author: Leonardo da VinciTopics: Argument, Authority, Famous, Intelligence, Meaningful, Memory