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Quotes About Authority

Eventually, the tribe developed so much confidence in me that they invited me to be their chieftain.
~ Roland Joffe
The czar was always sending us commands - you shall not do this and you shall not do that - till there was very little left that we might do, except pay tribute and die.
~ Mary Antin
All we know is what we're told.
~ Ashly Lorenzana
Only by learning the truth—whatever that truth might be—could people be given the right kind of power.
~ Haruki Murakami, 1Q84
I'm joking when I say I'm the grand-pop of those claiming to be an avatar-messiah or god. But if they're serious, then, I am who I am.
~ Fakeer Ishavardas
The earth you subdue becomes your kingdom
~ Sunday Adelaja
The moment you begin to see yourself as GOD sees you, it gives you permission, authority and the audacity to become what you see through His eyes.
~ TemitOpe Ibrahim
Ish #211 "Your child is your parental obligation, not friend.
~ Regina Griffin
?Who gets to Live? You or Your Rules?
~ Vineet Raj Kapoor
While the truth is putting on its shoes, the lie becomes a president!
~ Ljupka Cvetanova, The New Land
If the truth is Impermissible, then we'll eventually be breaking all the rules.
~ Aireen C. Pontillo
If I was meant to be controlled, I would have come with a remote.
~ Genereux Philip
History is replete with blunders written by sycophants.
~ Tomichan Matheikal
It is the information we have that will determine who will hold a dominant position in this world
~ Sunday Adelaja
It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But a half-wit remains a half-wit, and the emperor remains an emperor.
~ Neil Gaiman, The Kindly Ones
It is true that words have power, and one of the things they are able to do is get out of someone's mouth before the speaker has the chance to stop them.
~ Terry Pratchett, Wyrd Sisters
Democrasy comes into grave danger when truth is no longer spoken to power.
~ Paul Bamikole
Fulfil my wishes, Obey my commands.
~ Truth Devour, Unrequited
...people quote proverbs without realizing they're really in awe of the authority of their truth and the power of their expression...
~ John Geddes, A Familiar Rain
The control of information makes history.
~ duzB August 2010
Somehow human authority is never enough
~ we must have special effects.
A lie is the most sacred private property on Earth. Governments claim it is not theirs, and that their critics are the rightful owners.
~ Gustavo Gus Larsen
Truth is an outlaw in every country.
~ Marty Rubin
If God is truth, that truth must reign supreme on the earth even as he reigns over the universe
~ Sunday Adelaja