“Of all presidential perks, the pardon power has a special significance. It is just the kind of authority that would attract the special attention of someone obsessed with himself and his own ability to influence events.” KindAbilityAttentionInfluenceSpecialEventsAuthorityPresidentialObsessedSignificancePardonPerksPardon Me Author:Barbara Olson
“In constructing our narratives, we identify which particular events or experiences were formative or transformative. In telling our stories, we also claim some authority over our own experiences and their meanings.” StoriesEventsParticularAuthorityClaimsNarrative Author:Peg O'Connor
“It requires something more than personal experience to gain a philosophy or point of view from any specific event. It is the quality of our response to the event and our capacity to enter into the lives of others that help us to make their lives and experiences our own. In my own case my convictions have derived and developed from events in the lives of others as well as from my own experience. What I have seen meted out to others by authority and repression, economic and political, transcends anything I myself may have endured.” WellsMayPhilosophyHelpingPoliticalMy OwnViewsQualityCasesEconomicEventsAuthorityGainsCapacityResponseConvictionPoint Of ViewRepressionPersonal ExperiencesLives Of Others Book:Red Emma Speaks: An Emma Goldman Reader Source: Red Emma Speaks: An Emma Goldman Reader
“Many argue that Christianity is "different" from other religions - that it is primarily about love of one's fellow man. The Crusades, The Inquisition, Calvin's Geneva all prove that this is not the case. These events were pre-eminently about obedience to authority.” MenDifferentChristianityCasesAtheismEventsProveAuthorityFellowsPositive AtheismArguingObedienceFellow ManCrusadesInquisitionGenevaObedience To Authority Author:Andrew Bernstein
“Believing things on authority only means believing them because you have been told them by someone you think trustworthy. Ninety-nine per cent of the things you believe are believed on authority... Every historical event in the world is believed on authority. None of us has seen the Norman Conquest or the defeat of the Armada.” ThinkingWorldBelieveMeanHas BeensEventsAuthorityHistoricalDefeatNineCentsConquestNinetyTrustworthyNinety NineHistorical EventsNorman Conquest Author:C. S. Lewis
“Over the longer term, China will grow by about 6% or 7% per year. The Chinese authorities usually react pretty quickly to unfolding economic events, and you've seen them recently change a whole bunch of policies to be more conducive to growth. They have the power and capability to macromanage the economy - to accomplish their growth objectives - which means they're pretty much going to come close to what they say is going to happen.” YearsMeanWholeHappensGrowsGrowthTermEconomyEconomicEventsPolicyAuthorityChinaAccomplishBunchObjectivesChineseCapabilityUnfolding Author:Jamie Dimon