Quotes About Authority

Tyranny and imagination are archenemies.

A power struggle is always better than absolute power.

The e-mail lands like a mortar in the Hum suzerainty.

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No. I probably do better not being in politics. They have too much control over you when you are in politics.

If I have a song that I feel is really one of my best songs, I like it to have a formal studio recording because I believe that something being officially released on a studio record gives it a certain authority that it doesn't quite have if it comes out on a live album or is just a part of your show, you know.

What has changed immensely in America since 2017, the first year of the Trump administration, is the relentless demonization of nonwhite immigrants, economic migrants and asylum seekers from the highest levels of institutional authority.

My father was a very controlling man, and it was a big relief to get away from that.

Religion is just mind control.

The Coptic Church respects the law but it does not accept rulings that go against the Bible and our freedom of religion.

My dad instilled in me to naturally question all authority. I don't follow anything blindly. That's religion, cops, doctors, schools, you name it.

All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the few.

We no longer claim that a genuinely religious government can be democratic, but that it cannot be otherwise.

Military organization, like religious organization, can be seen as a paradigm of organization in general.

Liberty is the possibility of doubting, the possibility of making a mistake, the possibility of searching and experimenting, the possibility of saying No to any authority - literary, artistic, philosophic, religious, social and even political.

Religious leaders need to be held accountable for their ideas.

When the FDA forces an old drug off the market, patients have very little say in the matter. Patients have even less of a say when the FDA chooses not to approve a new drug. Instead, we are supposed to rely on the FDA's judgment and be grateful. But can the FDA really make a choice that is appropriate for everyone? Of course not.

We rely on the rule of law. I think we've lost touch with that concept in Washington.

Sermons remain one of the last forms of public discourse where it is culturally forbidden to talk back.

If you are going to misuse power then one must remember that power does not remain forever.

I joined the army as a private. I was offered a rank at that time, but I refused. I preferred to remain a private. First of all, I wasn't taken by ranks, and before I knew it, they put me in the most sensitive positions anyway.

All the government decisions remain and won't be altered until I get in the role and have had a chance to discuss them with my colleagues.

All military regimes use security as the reason why they should remain in power. It's nothing original.

In revolutions authority remains with the greatest scoundrels.