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"There's nothing like a military man, even out of uniform."

"The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn."

"What is samkit (enlightened view; right belief)? One has to realize the complete authoritative power, and accept everyone's worldly authority. People abuse their acquired authority and consequently loose their right for human birth (manushyapanu). Accept whatever authority one has."

"The one who never rebukes his underhand will have no boss in this world!"

"We' (the Gnani Purush, the enlightened one) do not have the time to prove that 'ours' is correct; nor do 'we' have the time to make you correct as well."

"The one, who likes to have an 'underhand', will inevitably come across a 'boss'!"

"It seems that the rebels found the chaos of transition more difficult to accept than the tyranny they had known before. They joyfully welcomed back authority-even oppressive authority-for it was less painful for them than uncertainty."

"The authority of any governing institution must stop at its citizen's skin."
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"Ambition never is in a greater hurry that I; it merely keeps pace with circumstances and with my general way of thinking."

"The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his own and the enemies."

"Men of learning in Milan have not enjoyed proper respect. They hid themselves in their laboratories and thought themselves lucky if . . . priests left them alone. All is changed today. Thought in Italy is free. Inquisition, intolerance, despots have vanished. I invite scholars to meet and propose what must be done to give science and the arts a new flowering."
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