“Admittedly, scientific authority is not distributed evenly throughout the body of scientists; some distinguished members of the profession predominate over others of a more junior standing.” BodyMembersAuthorityStandingScientistProfessionDistinguishedJuniors Author:Michael Polanyi
“Admittedly, the body of scientists, as a whole, does uphold the authority of science over the lay public. It controls thereby also the process by which young men are trained to become members of the scientific profession.” MenDoeWholeBodyYoungProcessMembersAuthorityScientistLaysProfessionYoung Man Author:Michael Polanyi
“I have not come to seek place, nor to interfere with the business and calling of those men who have borne the burden since the death of Joseph. I throw myself at your feet, and wish to be one of your number, and be a mere member of the Church, and my mere asking to be baptized is an end to all pretensions to authority.” MenEndsWishChurchNumbersFeetCallingMembersAuthorityAskingMereBurdenInterferePretensionBaptized Author:Oliver Cowdery
“The members of a body-politic call it "the state" when it is passive, "the sovereign" when it is active, and a "power" when they compare it with others of its kind. Collectively they use the title "people," and they refer to one another individually as "citizens" when speaking of their participation in the authority of the sovereign, and as "subjects" when speaking of their subordination to the laws of the state.” PeopleKindStatesUseBodyLawSubjectsCitizensMembersAuthorityActiveTitlesComparePassiveSovereignParticipationSubordination Author:Jean-Jacques Rousseau
“[I]t is contrary to the economy of God for any member of the Church, or any one, to receive instruction for those in authority, higher than themselves . . . if any person have a vision or a visitation from a heavenly messenger, it must be for his own benefit and instruction; for the fundamental principles, government, and doctrine of the Church are vested in the keys of the kingdom.” IfsPersonsGovernmentChurchVisionPrinciplesEconomyKeysHigherMembersAuthorityBenefitsFundamentalsContraryKingdomsDoctrineHeavenlyInstructionMessengersFundamental PrinciplesVisitation Author:Sam Smith
“In Freethinkers Hall, which before the Nazi resurgence was the national headquarters of the German Freethinkers League, the Berlin Protestant church authorities have opened a bureau for advice to the public in church matters. Its chief object is to win back former churchgoers and assist those who have not previously belonged to any religious congregation in obtaining church membership. The German Freethinkers League, which was swept away by the national revolution, was the largest of such organizations in Germany. It had about 500,000 members.” MatterWinningChurchReligiousAdviceObjectsRevolutionMembersAuthorityOrganizationChiefsFormerLeagueGermanyHallsNaziBerlinProtestantsFreethinkerCongregationMembershipObtainingSwept AwayHeadquartersResurgenceChurch Membership Author:Adolf Hitler
“It goes to local authorities and even to members of Parliament so that individual citizens almost become people who want to sit and wait for their member of Parliament to come and solve the problem. Now that won't take you anywhere. And if you follow it, you will see that it feeds corruption in the country.” PeopleIfsWantCountryProblemIndividualWaitingCitizensMembersAuthorityCorruptionSolveLocalsParliamentMembers Of Parliament Author:Wangari Maathai
“I was seen in earlier years by family members and people of authority as somebody wasting his time. I had trouble with the restrictions of conformity. It made me edgy.” PeopleYearsMadeTroubleMembersAuthorityConformityRestrictionFamily MembersEdgy Author:Robert Redford