Roman Authority

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    The Roman Empire stood appalled:
    It dropped the reins of peace and war
    When that fierce virgin and her Star
    Out of the fabulous darkness called.
    William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    Does it follow that I reject all authority? Perish the thought. In the matter of boots, I defer to the authority of the bootmaker.
    Mikhail Bakunin (1814–1876)