Obedience

Famous quotes containing the word obedience:

    Every new development for the last three centuries has brought men closer to a state of affairs in which absolutely nothing would be recognized in the whole world as possessing a claim to obedience except the authority of the State. The majority of people in Europe obey nothing else.
    Simone Weil (1909–1943)

    Ye know why the forms are fair, ye hear how the tale is told:
    It is all triumphant art, but art in obedience to laws,
    Robert Browning (1812–1889)

    The Obedience of Children to their Parents is the Basis of all Government, and set forth as the measure of that Obedience which we owe to those whom Providence hath placed over us.
    Joseph Addison (1672–1719)