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Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.

~Francis Bacon

Topics: Authority Daughter Time Truth Truth Is

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A leading authority is anyone who has guessed right more than once.

~Frank A. Clark

Topics: Anyone Authority Leading More Once Right Than Who

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All wars come to an end, at least temporarily. But the authority acquired by the state hangs on; political power never abdicates.

~Frank Chodorov

Topics: Acquired Authority Come End Least Never Political Political Power Power State Temporarily Wars

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Put two or three men in positions of conflicting authority. This will force them to work at loggerheads, allowing you to be the ultimate arbiter.

~Franklin D. Roosevelt

Topics: Allowing Authority Conflicting Force Men Positions Put Them Three Two Ultimate Will Work You

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Sometimes I read about someone saying with great authority that animals have no intentions and no feelings, and I wonder, 'Doesn't this guy have a dog?'

~Frans De Waal

Topics: About Animals Authority Dog Feelings Great Guy Intentions Read Saying Someone Sometimes Wonder I Wonder

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As a result of my study, I came to the conclusion that a common supreme authority was undesirable.

~Fredrik Bajer

Topics: Authority Came Common Conclusion Result Study Supreme Undesirable I Came

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I discovered I was a monotheist... That rules out polytheism. I have also had a problem with authority, which rules out any religion with a priesthood or leader who claims to be God's representative on Earth.

~G. Willow Wilson

Topics: Also Any Authority Claims Discovered Earth God Had Leader Out Priesthood Problem Religion Representative Rules Which Who

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I had decided I wanted to write about food, and I knew the only way to do that is to speak with authority, which meant learning the language and knowing what that experience is like.

~Gail Simmons

Topics: About Authority Decided Experience Food Had Knew Knowing Language Learning Like Meant Only Speak Wanted Way Which Write

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In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.

~Galileo Galilei

Topics: Authority Humble Individual Questions Reasoning Science Single Single Individual Thousand Worth

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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.

~Galileo Galilei

Topics: Answer Authority Bound Consider Constrain Experiment Me Reason Science Scriptures Themselves Would

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