Authority

““This Thing that has entered me enjoins that we pray, and that all must kneel!””

“I hope to be remembered as a “voice” (like John the Baptist, crying in the wilderness) encouraging people to think, rather than as a personality whose felt status and charisma stopped them thinking.”

“The subject can only be bound to obedience on the considerations of public good.”

“Thus it is evident that the utterances of a non-Iranian or non-Central Asian are authoritatively exemplary if he has exerted himself perfectly in the pedagogical imitation of masters and kept the company of competent speakers.”

“They think entirely in terms of power. There's nothing else but power and control in their system.”

“Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil.”

“A religion, not a state; a message, not a government.”

“Act first. Authority follows.”

“I’ve always felt more comfortable among the outlaws, and there are always outlaws, no matter where you are.”

“For it is not the same for us to be taught by the All-holy Spirit, and [to be taught] by man.”

“The only Mass that pleases God is the Mass of St. Pius V.”

“Who is speaking about it? Who has the right and the credentials to produce it, describe it, comment upon it, or at least present opinions about it?”

“The only authority you need is the authority of knowledge.”

“We have to deconstruct the idea that we have to fix on one way of reading the Bible.”

“The Declaration loses none of its authority under close analysis.”

“Los mexicanos obedecemos mayormente por amor, no por poder.”

“W kraju jest rząd i że on zawsze rządu słuchając, krajowi służyć będzie.”

“The Way of the Former Kings fixes and lays down what men must necessarily do and what they should not do. This is called yi.”