“Self-trust is the first secret of success, the belief that if you are here the authorities of the universe put you here, and for cause, or with some task strictly appointed you in your constitution, and so long as you work at that you are well and successful” IfsFirstsWellsLongSelfUniverseBeliefCausesSecretSuccessfulAuthorityTasksConstitutionSecret To SuccessSelf Trust Book:The Spiritual Emerson: Essential Works by Ralph Waldo Emerson Source: The Spiritual Emerson: Essential Works by Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Children live in occupied territory. The brave and the foolhardy openly rebel against authority, whether harsh or benign. But most tread warily, outwardly accommodating themselves to alien mores and edicts while living in secret their iconoclastic and subversive lives.” ChildrenSecretAuthorityBraveAliensTerritoryRebelHarshSubversiveBenignFoolhardy Book:Time to Be in Earnest Source: Time to Be in Earnest
“Science ... looks skeptically at all claims to knowledge, old and new. It teaches not blind obedience to those in authority but to vigorous debate, and in many respects that's the secret of its success.” LooksSecretTeachAuthorityClaimsBlindDebateObedienceVigorousOld And NewBlind Obedience Author:Carl Sagan
“The government's collection authority, under the Patriot Act, is basically limitless. They can get the medical records and financial records, gun purchase records. And it also becomes part of another important issue that relates to the FISA court and the rest of the debate. It almost becomes a secret law, like there are two Patriot Acts. The one you read on the laptop essentially leads you to believe that there's some connection to terror .” BelieveTwoImportantGovernmentLawSecretIssuesRecordsAuthorityGunConnectionsCourtFinancialTerrorMedicalDebateRelateCollectionsPatriotLimitlessLaptopsImportant IssuesPatriot ActMedical Records Author:Ron Wyden