What is the meaning of the quote “ nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.

This quotation can touch on two areas worth exploring: authority and silence. Your relationship with both of those concepts will connect to people from your past as well as your present. When I was young, one of the adults in my life, whom I loved very much, would often go silent. He would go for long periods of time without talking—literally a few days to a couple of weeks. I never knew what had caused this, but as is typical for a child I would assume I had done something wrong and try to fix it. Looking back after all these years, I imagine the silence had nothing to do with me at all. Fast forward through my life, and silence from authority figures was naturally difficult for me. When a supervisor or customer would stop communicating with me, or seem cold, I assumed I had done something wrong, even though I couldn’t imagine what. As I needed my job, this often led to me being quietly hysterical and doing everything I could to be the perfect employee.

Explanation:

in his speech "i have a dream," king states the plight of african americans, as he argues that after the civil war, slaves were promised equal rights and freedoms, but that these promises have not materialized.

he goes on to say that there are those who ask "when will you be satisfied? " implying that african americans alread enjoy a lot. in order to attack this argument, king lists examples of civil rights struggles that african americans still face, such as police brutality, segregation and racial prejudice.

many is the pronoun that is used in this sentence. many is a quantifier that determines the amount of discoveries. when we use quatifiers followed by nouns, they act as determiners, but when they are used without a noun, as it is this case, they are pronouns.