Those in authority within institutions and social structures attempt to justify their rule by linking it, as if it were a necessary consequence, with moral symbols, sacred emblems, or legal formulae which are widely believed and deeply internalized. These central conceptions may refer to a god or gods, the 'votes of the majority, ' the 'will of the people, ' the 'aristocracy of talents or wealth, ' to the 'divine right of kings' or to the alleged extraordinary endowment of the person of the ruler himself. C. Wright Mills
Any fool can make a rule And any fool will mind it.
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Henry David Thoreau
To be a philosopher, just reverse everything you have ever been told...and have a sense of humor doing it.
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Criss Jami
There is more for us to gain through love than hate.
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Suzy Kassem
I can safely say, on the authority of all that is revealed in the Word of God, that any man or woman on this earth who is bored and turned off by worship is not ready for heaven.
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A.W. Tozer
The mathematicians are the priests of the modern world.
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Bill Gaede
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Neither the life of an individual nor the history of a society can be understood without understanding both.
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Freedom is not merely the opportunity to do as one pleases; neither is it merely the opportunity to choose between set alternatives. Freedom is, first of all, the chance to formulate the available choices, to argue over them -- and then, the opportunity to choose.
