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Authority Quotes - Page 12

It seems to be my destiny to discourse on truth, insofar as I discover it, in such a way that all possible authority is simultaneously demolished.

"Søren Kierkegaard's Journals and Papers: Autobiographical, 1829-1848". Book by Søren Kierkegaard and Gregor Malantschuk, p. 226, Journals IV A 87 (1843), 1978.

I think that most manufacturing and mining should be under the purview of state authorities.

"Rand Paul Says He Has A Tea Party 'Mandate'". Interview with Robert Siegel, www.npr.org. May 19, 2010.

To be vested with enormous authority is a fine thing; but to have the on-looking world consent to it is finer.

Mark Twain (1889). “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court”, p.56, Createspace Independent Pub

All lawful authority, legislative, and executive, originates from the people.

James Burgh (1775). “Political Disquisitions: Or, An Inquiry Into Public Errors, Defects, and Abuses. Illustrated By, and Established Upon Facts and Remarks, Extracted from a Variety of Authors, Ancient and Modern...”, p.3

Security is not a license for people in authority to hide the tactics they would never openly admit to using.

Jack Campbell (2012). “Lost Fleet: Beyond the Frontier: Invincible”, p.140, Penguin