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Authority and power are two different things: power is the force by means of which you can oblige others to obey you. Authority is the right to direct and command, to be listened to or obeyed by others. Authority requests power. Power without authority is tyranny.
Jacques Maritain
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No written law has ever been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.
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Jacques Maritain
Born:
November 18, 1882
Died:
April 28, 1973
(aged 90)
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