Unjustified Influence Quotes

The American people do not begrudge anyone his or her power until they start abusing it.

There is nothing that would upset me more than my dad being bribed by the press. It's like, 'Just let them run it, then. Don't you give them ammunition.'

In the mass of mankind, I fear, there is too great a majority of fools and knaves; who, singly from their number, must to a certain degree be respected, though they are by no means respectable.

There is no worse heresy than that the office sanctifies the holder of it.

The teacher ought also to be specially on his guard against taking unfair advantage of the student’s immaturity by indoctrinating him with the teacher’s own opinions before the student has had an opportunity fairly to examine other opinions upon the matters in question, and before he has sufficient knowledge and ripeness of judgment to be entitled to form any definitive opinion of his own.

Even though you were radiated doesn't mean you get to have that sort of power.

I've dealt with a lot of people with bad intentions. Just because somebody has a following does not mean that they are a good person or a good friend.

When you dominate other people's emotions, the time has to come when you will have to pay, and heavily, for that privilege.