I used to think that if the president (and maybe police officers as well; I don't remember) told anyone to do something, they were required by law to do it.
A childhood belief about politics

others believed things like this
- I used to believe police officers can't get arrested.— Anonymous
- When I was a little kid. I thought that police officers were a gang of mean people who bullied others.— LOOL
- I believed that traffic lights had police officers inside them, turning the lights on and off...— CrowHeart
- I thought the song "Karma Police" was actually saying "call the police" before I learned the title— Alberto Richardson
- When I used to see the sign 'police accident' I thought it meant that a police car had crashed.Anon
- my mum told me when i was 11 if i swore the police would take me to jail. — tg in blue