| Of that Equilibrium between authority and Individual Action which constitutes Free Government, be settling on immutable foundations Liberty with Obedience to Law, Equality with Subjection to authority, and Fraternity with Subordination to the Wisest and the Best: and of that Equilibrium between the Active Energy of the Will of the Present, expressed by the Vote of the People, and the Passive Stability and Permanence of the Will of the Past, expressed in constitutions of government, written or unwritten, and in laws and customs, gray with age and sanctified by time, as precedents and authority. -- Albert Pike |
| Author:
Pike, AlbertEra:
1809 |
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| For a war to be just three conditions are necessary - public authority, just cause, right motive. -- St. Thomas Aquinas |
| Author:
Aquinas, St. ThomasEra:
1225 |
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| A man should live with his superiors as he does with his fire: not too near, lest he burn; nor too far off, lest he freeze. -- Diogenes Laertius |
| Author:
Laertius, DiogenesEra:
-150 |
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| He who is firmly seated in authority soon learns to think security, and not progress, the highest lesson of statecraft. -- James Russell Lowell |
| Author:
Lowell, James RussellEra:
1819 |
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| Destiny: A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure. -- Ambrose Bierce |
| Author:
Bierce, AmbroseEra:
1842 |
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