I must resist it [a rider on an appropriation bill] to the last extremity. I say, first, I object to the repeal of important legis...lation designed to protect the elections, to secure the purity, the honesty, the sanctity of the ballot-box. But what is of far more importance, I object to the bill because it is an unconstitutional and revolutionary attempt to deprive the Executive of one of his most important prerogatives; to coerce him to approve a measure which he in fact does not approve.... I stand for "the equal" and constitutional "independence of the Executive."LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
There is a great difference, then, between "power" and "authority." Power refers to one's ability to coerce others (through physic...al, economic, or other means) to do one's bidding. One can possess the means of power: physical strength, armaments, and money. But authority must be performed. Authority refers to one's ability to gain the trust and willing obedience of others. While power rests on intimidation, authority survives through inspiration.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
It's perversion. Don't you see what it is? It's not natural. To go to great expense for something you want, that's natural. To rea...ch out to take it, that's human, that's natural. But to get your pleasure from not taking, from cheating yourself deliberately like my brother did today, from not getting, from not taking. Don't you see what a black thing that is for a man to do? How it is to hate yourself?LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »