--- title: "7 Challenging Authority Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 7 Challenging Authority quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Challenging Authority sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cef/frances-hardinge-1417_challenge-authority_are-you-questioning-the-power-vested-in_278742.jpg" --- > [“Are you questioning the power vested in me by His Excellency?" demanded Treble. "Are you challenging the authority of the Grand Steward…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-hardinge/are-you-questioning-the-power-vested-in-me-by-his-excellency-demanded/) [Frances Hardinge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-hardinge/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cef/frances-hardinge-1417_challenge-authority_are-you-questioning-the-power-vested-in_278742.jpg) > [Most people are sort of against authority. Here's Beetle always challenging authority. I think people relate to it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mort-walker/most-people-are-sort-of-against-authority-here-s-beetle-always/) [Mort Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mort-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/724/mort-walker-16050_always_most-people-are-sort-of-against-authorit_480020.png) > [“This is the paradox of the power of literature: it seems that only when it is persecuted does it show its true…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/italo-calvino/this-is-the-paradox-of-the-power-of-literature-it-seems-that-only/) [Italo Calvino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/italo-calvino/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/803/italo-calvino-402_books_this-is-the-paradox-of-the-power-of-lite_1027748.jpg) > [Science is very vibrant. There are always new observations to be found. And it's all in the interest in challenging the authority…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-graffin/science-is-very-vibrant-there-are-always-new-observations-to-be-found/) [Greg Graffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-graffin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b29/greg-graffin-4107_authority_science-is-very-vibrant-there-are-always_1855612.png) > [Most of these students are so conditioned to success that they become afraid to take risks. They have been taught from a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-hedges/most-of-these-students-are-so-conditioned-to-success-that-they-become/) [Chris Hedges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-hedges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfc/chris-hedges-2131_age_most-of-these-students-are-so-conditione_2403194.jpg) > [Black girls are punished, many times violently so, for questioning and challenging authority, which is something that is often celebrated and encouraged…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kimberle-williams-crenshaw/black-girls-are-punished-many-times-violently-so-for-questioning-and/) [Kimberle Williams Crenshaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kimberle-williams-crenshaw/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b2/kimberle-williams-crenshaw-112_authority_black-girls-are-punished-many-times-viol_2783034.jpg) > [There was a good moment in Islam when people were actually challenging authority at every level. Very different from the world we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/there-was-a-good-moment-in-islam-when-people-were-actually/) [Tariq Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ali/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9be/tariq-ali-2958_authority_there-was-a-good-moment-in-islam-when-pe_3120728.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/challenging-authority/#itemlist", "name": "Challenging Authority Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Are you questioning the power vested in me by His Excellency?\" demanded Treble. \"Are you challenging the authority of the Grand Steward himself?\" Maxim Childersin let out a long breath, and suddenly it was hard to imagine that smiles had ever found a place on his face. \"Yes,\" he said. \"I am challenging the authority of the Grand Steward. The man is dead. 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