Authority Quote by Malcolm Muggeridge

“I regard myself as a religious... the temper of my mind as religious, and because I regard the temper of my mind as religious, I am profoundly skeptical about any form of human authority, any form of human self-importance.” quote by Malcolm Muggeridge — Download Open image

“I regard myself as a religious... the temper of my mind as religious, and because I regard the temper of my mind as religious, I am profoundly skeptical about any form of human authority, any form of human self-importance.”

Malcolm Muggeridge

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