"Everywhere, authority and tradition have to justify themselves in the face of questions."

Authority, Questions, Tradition

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"Everywhere, authority and tradition have to justify themselves in the face of questions."

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"Rebuke her/him who rejects the kingdom."

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"You govern people, you do good and bad things.If you don't have guts to do bad, then step aside."

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"God indeed has given the earth under to the control of man."

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"Even the most honest human in authority often does not have the power to undo the damages that bad people do."

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"Perhaps it would be simpler if you just did what you're told and didn't try to understand things."

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"The devil is a professional in destroying lives, but the problem is that people themselves allow him to destroy their lives."

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"The system in the world want to control people and rule them for its own purposes."

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"A king and his domain results in a kingdom."

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"Even something as simple as ending a sentence with the tone of a question mark rather than a period can diminish a person's authority and credibility."

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"Dogma in power does have a unique chilling ingredient not exhibited by power, however ghastly, wielded for its own traditional sake."

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"I appeal to the responsibility of the blocs and the major powers, not to seek security in the arms race, but rather in a meeting for joint disarmament and arms limitations."

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"Beyond peace, there is no longer any existence possible."

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"The first thing I see is the obligation to serve peace."

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"The time has come - and must come - for multilateral conversations about a secure peace in all of Europe."

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"The secret of big and revolutionary actions also consists in discovering the tiny step that is simultaneously a strategic step, insofar as it entails additional steps in the direction of a better reality."

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"Therefore it does not help to sneer at the imperfection of today's reality or to preach absolutes as a daily agenda."

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"Ladies and gentlemen, I take office at a time in which the world is living in extreme contradictions."

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"Liberal democracy must finally become the vital element of our society."

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