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“The man who submits to violence is debased by his compliance; but when he submits to that right of authority which he acknowledges in a fellow creature, he rises in some measure above the person who give the command.”

Men Giving Persons Violence He Man Creatures Authority Fellows Command Acknowledge Submit Compliance

Book:Democracy in America

Source: Democracy in America

“The Anarchists are right in everything; in the negation of the existing order, and in the assertion that, without authority, there could not be worse violence than that of authority under existing conditions. They are mistaken only in thinking that Anarchy can be instituted by a revolution. "To establish Anarchy." "Anarchy will be instituted." But it will be instituted only by there being more and more people who do not require protection from governmental power, and by there being more and more people who will be ashamed of applying this power.”

People Thinking Order Violence Conditions Revolution Authority Protection Ashamed Anarchy Mistaken Anarchist Assertion Negation Mental Power

Book:Social Evils and Their Remedy

Source: Social Evils and Their Remedy

“What gets called 'the sixties' left a mixed legacy and a lot of divides. But it opened everything to question, and what seems the most fundamental and most pervasive in all the ensuing changes is the loss of faith in authority: the authority of government, of science, of patriarchy, of progress, of capitalism, of violence, of whiteness.”

Seems Government Left Change Loss Progress Violence Authority Capitalism Fundamentals Legacy Divides Sixty Patriarchy Whiteness Loss Of Faith

Author:Rebecca Solnit

“For with him the phantoms of the mind (which to the average man are merely phantoms) projected themselves with a bodily vividness and violence. Not only had they the colour and authority of accomplished fact, they were invested with an immortality denied to facts.”

Men Mind Facts Imagination Violence Authority Average Immortality Colour Accomplished Denied Phantoms Average Man Vividness

Author:May Sinclair

“I combat the errors of ages; I meet the violence of mobs; I cope with illegal proceedings from executive authority; I cut the gordian knot of powers, and I solve mathematical problems of universities, with truth-diamond truth; and God is my 'right hand man'.”

Men Problem Hands Age Cutting Violence Authority Errors University Solve Mathematical Executives Illegal Combat Diamond Knots Proceeding Mathematical Problems

Author:Joseph Smith, Jr.

“Physical violence is the basis of authority.”

Violence Authority Bases Physical Violence

Book:What is Art?:

Source: What is Art?:

“My speculation is that the U.S. does not want to establish the principle that it has to defer to some higher authority before carrying out the use of violence.”

Want Doe Use Principles Violence Higher Authority Speculation

Author:Noam Chomsky

“There is something very consistent about governance in the Arab world. Among the Arab countries today in which there is a modicum of internal stability, each is controlled by an Arafat-type figure - an anti-democratic strongman who is able to crush all challenges to his authority. Likewise, among those Arab countries that aren't ruled by a despot, the political dynamic is also consistent: In Lebanon, Iraq, and now Gaza, sectarian violence is the dominant form of political expression.”

“Leaders of political parties need to keep in contact with the people; that's what it's all about. If violence were to erupt, I am fairly confident that we could control our people. Whether or not the authorities can control theirs is another matter altogether.”

People Ifs Needs Matter Political Party Leader Violence Authority Contact Political Parties

Author:Aung San Suu Kyi

“We can learn a great deal from whales. It is the same lesson we can learn from our close genetic relatives, the bonobo apes of the Congo. Here mothers have a great deal of authority, there is very little violence (with no signs of sexual violence against females), and their society is held together by sharing and caring rather than by fear and force.”

Littles Together Mother Force Deals Violence Lessons Authority Female Caring Apes Congo Whales Bonobos Sharing And Caring

Author:Riane Eisler

“There have been lots and lots of fatwas against violence. But it is an interesting question. A Mufti is the person that issues the fatwa and you'll find Muftis at all the Madrasas. Basically once you've studied for long enough you have the authority to issue a fatwa. But there are limits. I can bang on and on on the point but all I'm really saying is that there isn't a simple answer.”

Long Enough Simple Interesting Violence Authority

Author:Sadakat Kadri