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But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go. ↗

— Charles de Secondat

#apt #as far as #authority #carry #constant

The humor section is the last place an author wants to be. They put your stuff next to collections of Cathy cartoons. ↗

— David Sedaris

#cartoons #cathy #collections #humor #last

In quoting of books, quote such authors as are usually read; others you may read for your own satisfaction, but not name them. ↗

— John Selden

#books #may #name #others #own

I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#author #bad #citing #good #i

There are certain people within the new government who have a slightly disturbing tendency toward authoritarianism, but there are so many checks and balances that in that way their noises are just noises. ↗

— Jonathan Shapiro

#balances #certain #checks #disturbing #government

War, in some instances, especially defensive, has been authorized by Heaven. ↗

— Ezra Stiles

#been #defensive #especially #heaven #instances

Read. Read. Read. Just don't read one type of book. Read different books by various authors so that you develop different styles. ↗

— R. L. Stine

#book #books #develop #different #different styles

I was interested by the idea that artists working in a totalitarian dictatorship or tsarist autocracy are secretly and slightly shamefully envied by artists who work in freedom. They have the gratification of intense interest: the authorities want to put them in jail, while there are younger readers for whom what they write is pure oxygen. ↗

— Tom Stoppard

#authorities #autocracy #dictatorship #envied #freedom

The whole philosophy of modern times is to dissolve distinctions between individuals and deal with them as large collections of people. It's essentially self-interested on the part of authority. ↗

— Tom Stoppard

#between #collections #deal #dissolve #distinctions

Central authority is bad. The bias should be for freedom. And without a central authority, there are lots of little authorities, and we learn which ones to trust. ↗

— John Stossel

#authority #bad #bias #central #central authority