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"Authority poisons everybody who takes authority on himself."
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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."
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"I can honestly say that I was never affected by the question of the success of an undertaking. If I felt it was the right thing to do, I was for it regardless of the possible outcome."
"There can be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. His instinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, he most illogically kicks up a row."
"It is true we have won all our wars, but we have paid for them. We don't want victories anymore."
"I don't know why you use a fancy French word like detente when there's a good English phrase for it - cold war."
"Women's liberation is just a lot of foolishness. It's men who are discriminated against. They can't bear children. And no one is likely to do anything about that."
"The public history of modern art is the story of conventional people not knowing what they are dealing with."
"There's no difference between one's killing and making decisions that will send others to kill. It's exactly the same thing, or even worse."
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