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"The disciplined rule our world."

"Challenge authority, the authority of your own rational convictions."

"Your expertise can elevate your impressions to bring you to an entirely new realm."

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

"Knowledge imparts a sense of authority. It will help you stand out and give you an edge over your competition."

"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."
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"The aspect of congresses and such meetings generally to which I attach the greatest importance is the discussion. That is why people assemble: to hear different opinions, rather than to pass resolutions."

"As a result of my study, I came to the conclusion that a common supreme authority was undesirable."

"A sign that a peace association is going adrift is its exclusion of other political parties, with whom it could collaborate effectively on most of the problems besetting the cause of peace."

"Indeed; peace literature is almost exclusively read, though to good effect, by pacifists, while what is needed is the canvassing of those who have not so far been won to the cause."

"The interparliamentary conference should, in my opinion, direct its particular attention to the preparation of the next Hague Conference, the diplomatic conference, the conference of governments."

"There is one criticism which cannot be leveled at interparliamentary conferences but which is applicable to a great extent to peace congresses: the meetings waste time."

"Naturally, business and pleasure can be readily combined, but a certain balance should exist, and the latter should not predominate over the former."

"There are in most states one or two ministers of war, one of whom is the minister of naval affairs."

"I would have thought it possible to choose delegates for these larger conferences who, even if they could not speak the principal languages, could at least understand them or could have friends seated beside them who could keep them informed on essential points."
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