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Quotes About Authority

If there was one truth Evie had learned in her short life, it was that forgiveness was easier to seek than permission. She didn't plan to ask for either one.
~ Libba Bray
The question is not whether or not there should be a cult of the individual, but rather whether or not the individual concerned represents the truth, if he does then he should be worshiped.
~ Mao Zedong
Almost all the opinions we have are taken on authority and on credit.
~ Michel de Montaigne
I'll challenge senators and kings for the right to know the truth, but far be it from me to challenge a woman in her own kitchen.
~ Mira Grant
I don't entirely agree with the slogan "speaking truth to power."
~ Noam Chomsky
Young people - there's been very little places in positions of authority in law enforcement for young people's skill sets, but the truth is we need them.
~ Patricia Arquette
Truth is no man's slave - but lies - what magnificent servants they make.
~ Phyllis Bottome
If only religious leaders could be trusted, then maybe there wouldn't be so many problems. They have perverted any truth that the Bible may have.
~ Ryan Hofmeister
The time-honored role of the artist [is] to speak truth to power.
~ Salman Rushdie
The mortalist enemy unto knowledge, and that which hath done the greatest execution unto truth, has been a preemptory adhesion unto authority.
~ Thomas Browne
It is the simple truth to say that the New Testament books became canonical because no one could stop them doing so.
~ William Barclay
In the land of the seeing, the blindfolded lady justice is Queen.
~ Chad Almadani
In the land of the seeing, blind Lady Justice is Queen.
~ Chad Almadani
To declare the raw truth is to live in dominion
~ Sunday Adelaja
Don't judge those, who are doing something bad, judge these, who told them do do that.
~ Karolis
Rebuke her/him who rejects the kingdom
~ Sunday Adelaja
F-A-I-T-H The Fundamental Authority of Irrefutable Truth that assures confident Hope
~ Pamela Christian
Every insecure soul has a government of their own and a paid judge in their court room.
~ Shannon L. Alder
A badge (police badge) isnt a hallmark of impunity, its a trademark of justice!
~ T.J. Henricks
...true authority is not based on control - it's based on truth...
~ John Geddes, A Familiar Rain
Power is domination, control, and therefore a very selective form of truth which is a lie.
~ Wole Soyinka
The honest truth is that if this government were to propose the massacre of the first-born, it would still have no difficulty in getting it through the Commons.
~ Diane Abbott
We must speak truth to power and confront ignorance with facts.
~ DaShanne Stokes
The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted.
~ James Madison