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«I have as much authority as the Pope, I just don't have as many people who believe it.»
«If you wish to know what a man is, place him in authority.»
«Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.»
Author: Buddha
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Belief
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«The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.»
Author: Dalai Lama
| Keywords:
analysis, authority, critical, critical analysis, The Ultimate, ultimate
«Football is like life -- it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.»
Author: Vince Lombardi
(Coach)
| Keywords:
authority, dedication, denial, denials, football, perseverance, sacrifice, self-denial, the Football
«Authority is not a quality one person ''has,'' in the sense that he has property or physical qualities. Authority refers to an interpersonal relation in which one person looks upon another as somebody superior to him.»
Author: Erich Fromm
(Philosopher, Psychoanalyst)
| Keywords:
authority, interpersonal, one-person, property, qualities, referred to, refers, refers to, relation, superior, The sense
«Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence he is just using his memory»
«Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
| About:
Knowledge
| Keywords:
acknowledge, acknowledges, authority, commit, fault, give off, guard, off, off guard, on guard, on your guard, throw, throw off
«Freedom is the recognition that no single person, no single authority or government has a monopoly on the truth, but that every individual life is infinitely precious, that every one of us put in this world has been put there for a reason and has something to offer.»
Author: Ronald Reagan
(President)
| About:
Freedom
| Keywords:
authority, government, individual, infinitely, In this World, monopolies, Monopoly, offer, One of Us, precious, put in, recognition, Truth by Reason, U.S. government
«All authority belongs to the people»
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