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Blind Obedience Quotes

The doctrine of blind obedience and unqualified submission to any human power, whether civil or ecclesiastical, is the doctrine of despotism Picture Quote #1

Belief compelled through fear is not belief, it is blind and forced obedience Picture Quote #1

Science ... looks skeptically at all claims to knowledge, old and new. It teaches not blind obedience to those in authority but to vigorous debate, and in many respects that’s the secret of its success Picture Quote #1

Blind obedience in the name of patriotism or religion ultimately takes our lives Picture Quote #1

What we call ‘morals’ is simply blind obedience to words of command Picture Quote #1

The Middle Ages were an era of mysticism, ruled by blind faith and blind obedience to the dogma that faith is superior to reason. The Renaissance was specifically the rebirth of reason, the liberation of man’s mind, the triumph of rationality over mysticism - a faltering, incomplete, but impassioned triumph that led to the birth of science, of individualism, of freedom Picture Quote #1

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Of all ennobling sentiments, patriotism may be the most easily manipulated. On the one hand, it gives powerful expression to what is best in a nation’s character: a commitment to principle, a willingness to sacrifice, a devotion to the community by the choice of the individual. But among its toxic fruits are intolerance, belligerence and blind obedience, perhaps because it blooms most luxuriantly during times of war Picture Quote #1

Those who speak of blind obedience may appear to know many things, but they do not understand the doctrines of the gospel. There is an obedience that comes from a knowledge of the truth that transcends any external form of control. We are not obedient because we are blind, we are obedient because we can see Picture Quote #1

War paralyzes your courage and deadens the spirit of true manhood. It degrades and stupefies with the sense that you are not responsible, that ‘tis not yours to think and reason why, but to do and die,’ like the hundred thousand others doomed like yourself. War means blind obedience, unthinking stupidity, brutish callousness, wanton destruction, and irresponsible murder Picture Quote #1

What we call morals is simply blind obedience to words of command Picture Quote #1

No master can make me swear blind obedience Picture Quote #1

When someone demands blind obedience, you’d be a fool not to peek Picture Quote #1

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Strengthen the female mind by enlarging it, and there will be an end to blind obedience Picture Quote #1

Nothing is more destructive of human dignity than a rule which imposes a mute and blind obedience Picture Quote #1

Inquiry is human; blind obedience brutal. Truth never loses by the one but often suffers by the other Picture Quote #1

Blind obedience is a sure sign of trouble. The likelihood of religion becoming evil is greatly diminished when there is freedom for individual thinking and when honest inquiry is encouraged Picture Quote #1

There is a difference between being a leader and being a boss. Both are based on authority. A boss demands blind obedience; a leader earns his authority through understanding and trust Picture Quote #1

War means blind obedience, unthinking stupidity, brutish callousness, wanton destruction, and irresponsible murder Picture Quote #1

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A servile race who, in mere want of fault, all merit place; who blind obedience pay to ancient schools, bigots to Greece, and slaves to musty rules Picture Quote #1

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The doctrine of blind obedience and unqualified submission to any human power, whether civil or ecclesiastical, is the doctrine of despotism ... (Blind Obedience Quotes) Belief compelled through fear is not belief, it is blind and forced obedience (Blind Obedience Quotes) Science ... looks skeptically at all claims to knowledge, old and new. It teaches not blind obedience to those in authority but to vigorous debate, and in many respects that’s the secret of its success. (Blind Obedience Quotes) Blind obedience in the name of patriotism or religion ultimately takes our lives (Blind Obedience Quotes) What we call ‘morals’ is simply blind obedience to words of command (Blind Obedience Quotes) The Middle Ages were an era of mysticism, ruled by blind faith and blind obedience to the dogma that faith is superior to reason. The Renaissance was specifically the rebirth of reason, the liberation of man’s mind, the triumph of rationality over mysticism - a faltering, incomplete, but impassioned triumph that led to the birth of science, of individualism, of freedom (Blind Obedience Quotes) Of all ennobling sentiments, patriotism may be the most easily manipulated. On the one hand, it gives powerful expression to what is best in a nation’s character: a commitment to principle, a willingness to sacrifice, a devotion to the community by the choice of the individual. But among its toxic fruits are intolerance, belligerence and blind obedience, perhaps because it blooms most luxuriantly during times of war (Blind Obedience Quotes) Those who speak of blind obedience may appear to know many things, but they do not understand the doctrines of the gospel. There is an obedience that comes from a knowledge of the truth that transcends any external form of control. We are not obedient because we are blind, we are obedient because we can see (Blind Obedience Quotes) War paralyzes your courage and deadens the spirit of true manhood. It degrades and stupefies with the sense that you are not responsible, that ‘tis not yours to think and reason why, but to do and die,’ like the hundred thousand others doomed like yourself. War means blind obedience, unthinking stupidity, brutish callousness, wanton destruction, and irresponsible murder (Blind Obedience Quotes) What we call morals is simply blind obedience to words of command (Blind Obedience Quotes) No master can make me swear blind obedience (Blind Obedience Quotes) When someone demands blind obedience, you’d be a fool not to peek (Blind Obedience Quotes) Strengthen the female mind by enlarging it, and there will be an end to blind obedience (Blind Obedience Quotes) Nothing is more destructive of human dignity than a rule which imposes a mute and blind obedience (Blind Obedience Quotes) Inquiry is human; blind obedience brutal. Truth never loses by the one but often suffers by the other (Blind Obedience Quotes) Blind obedience is a sure sign of trouble. The likelihood of religion becoming evil is greatly diminished when there is freedom for individual thinking and when honest inquiry is encouraged (Blind Obedience Quotes) There is a difference between being a leader and being a boss. Both are based on authority. A boss demands blind obedience; a leader earns his authority through understanding and trust (Blind Obedience Quotes) War means blind obedience, unthinking stupidity, brutish callousness, wanton destruction, and irresponsible murder (Blind Obedience Quotes) A servile race who, in mere want of fault, all merit place; who blind obedience pay to ancient schools, bigots to Greece, and slaves to musty rules (Blind Obedience Quotes)