“Molecular evolution is not based on scientific authority. . . . There are assertions that such evolution occurred, but absolutely none are supported by pertinent experiments or calculations. Since no one knows molecular evolution by direct experience, and since there is no authority on which to base claims of knowledge, it can truly be said that . . . the assertion of Darwinian molecular evolution is merely bluster.” KnowsSaidEvolutionAuthorityDirectClaimsExperimentsCalculationsAssertionPertinentBluster Author:Michael Behe
“The Commonwealth is a mere club, but it has become like Animal Farm, where some members are more equal than others. How can Blair claim to regulate and direct events and still say all of us are equals?” StillsAnimalEventsEqualMembersDirectClaimsMereClubsFarmsCommonwealthBlairZimbabwe Author:Robert Mugabe
“The spirit of religious totalitarianism is abroad in the world; it is in the very air we breathe today in this land. Everywhere are those who claim to have a corner on righteousness, on direct access to God ... The bigots of the world are having a heyday.” WorldTodaySpiritReligionReligiousAirLandDirectClaimsCornersBreatheAccessRighteousnessTotalitarianismBigotsHeyday Author:Sonia Johnson
“My first inclination is to be a bit skeptical about the claims that human-produced carbon dioxide is the direct contributor to global warming.” FirstsHumansBitsDirectClaimsGlobal WarmingCarbonInclinationSkepticalCarbon DioxideContributors Author:Buzz Aldrin
“The basis of self-ownership is the fact that each person has direct control over the scarce resource of his body and therefore has a better claim to it than any third party (and any third party seeking to dispute my self-ownership must presuppose the principle of self-ownership in the first place since he is acting as a self-owner).” FirstsPersonsSelfFactsBodyPartyActingPrinciplesResourcesDirectThirdsBasesClaimsSeekingOwnersOwnershipDisputesScarceThird PartiesScarce ResourcesSelf Ownership Author:Stephan Kinsella
“The American claim that the bombing of North Vietnam was directed against military targets does not withstand direct investigation.” DoeMilitaryDirectClaimsTargetVietnamInvestigationBombing Book:The Chomsky Reader Source: The Chomsky Reader
“Isn't the essential pillar of Catholicism papal infallibility? Well, then how can the church ever change its mind about anything unless God gets confused one day? Not all religions claim the direct authority of God speaking to their leader. You know, I'm an atheist, but I'm a Puritan atheist.” KnowsMindWellsChurchLeaderOne DayEssentialsAuthorityDirectClaimsAtheistConfusedCatholicismPillarsPuritanInfallibilityGod Speaking Author:Dave Foley
“The beam in our own eye is harder to detect, although - or more accurately because - to detect it, and remove it, is vastly more important on elementary moral grounds, and commonly more important in terms of direct human consequences as well. Intellectuals have historically played a critical function in performing these tasks, and [Ivan] Illich is right to observe that claims to scientific expertise and special knowledge are often used as a device.” HumansWellsImportantEyeUsedTermMoralSpecialConsequenceTasksDirectFunctionClaimsHarderCriticalPerformingRemoveDevicesExpertiseBeam Author:Noam Chomsky
“I am not going to claim that modern anarchism has any direct relation to Roman jurisprudence; but I do claim that it has its basis in the laws of nature rather than in the state of nature.” StatesLawLiteratureModernDirectBasesClaimsRelationLaws Of NatureAnarchismJurisprudence Book:Selected writings: poetry and criticism Source: Selected writings: poetry and criticism
“Ragamuffins are simple, direct and honest. Their speech is unaffected. They are slow to claim, "God told me..." As they make their way through the world, they bear wordless, prophetic witness.” WorldWaySimpleHonestBearsSpeechDirectClaimsWitnessProphetic Author:Brennan Manning
“No matter how vast your knowledge or how modest, it is your own mind that has to acquire it. It is only with your own knowledge that you can deal. It is only your own knowledge that you can claim to possess or ask others to consider. Your mind is your only judge of truth - and if others dissent from your verdict, reality is the court of final appeal. Nothing but a man's mind can perform that complex, delicate, crucial process of identification which is thinking. Nothing can direct the process but his own judgment. Nothing can direct his judgment but his moral integrity.” IfsThinkingMenMindMatterRealityAsksProcessDealsMoralJudgingIntegrityJudgmentDirectClaimsCourtComplexesFinalsAppealsAcquireCrucialDelicateModestyModestDissentIdentificationVerdictMoral Integrity Book:Ayn Rand Reader Source: Ayn Rand Reader