#thor

But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain - that it has either authorized such a government as we have had, or has been powerless to prevent it. In either case, it is unfit to exist. ↗

— Lysander Spooner

#authorized #been #case #certain #constitution

The authority of any governing institution must stop at its citizen's skin. ↗

— Gloria Steinem

#authority #citizen #governing #institution #must

In practice, the copyright system does a bad job of supporting authors, aside from the most popular ones. Other authors' principal interest is to be better known, so sharing their work benefits them as well as readers. ↗

— Richard Stallman

#authors #bad #benefits #better #copyright

You can't tell a woman who is called by God to teach that she cannot teach the Word of God... So I think the distinction is that there's a difference between the authority of a pastor and a Bible teacher. ↗

— Charles Stanley

#between #bible #called #cannot #difference

It is more likely that more than a century will pass before we know the structure of the chemical atoms as thoroughly as we do our solar system. ↗

— Johannes Stark

#before #century #chemical #know #likely

We were criticized throughout that investigation for being too thorough, for taking too long. But time has proved the correctness of that approach. ↗

— Kenneth Starr

#being #correctness #criticized #investigation #long

Moral authority has been laid to rest, world opinion is no more than a game show and the difference between good and evil is about as relevant as changing channels. ↗

— Ralph Steadman

#authority #been #between #changing #channels

There is no there there. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

Forty years ago the chances of journalists reporting - or the authorities even prosecuting - a pro athlete were practically nil. ↗

— Leigh Steinberg

#athlete #authorities #chances #even #forty

Even the contemporary horror authors who have seriously influenced me are a disparate bunch. ↗

— George Stephen

#bunch #contemporary #disparate #even #horror