Disobedience that is wholly civil should never provoke retaliation. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Whenever there is authority, there is a natural inclination to disobedience. — Thomas Chandler Haliburton Copy Share Image
I talk a lot about justice. I'm about it. I'm also about civil disobedience. — Travis Kalanick Copy Share Image
Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Satyagraha is a relentless search for truth and a determination to search truth. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“Disorder, disobedience & rule breaking are features of all my stories.” — Amaya Ellman Copy Share Image
Obedience is an act of faith; disobedience is the result of unbelief. — Edwin Louis Cole Copy Share Image
Civil disobedience is, in fact, a conservative idea, a few steps short of overt rebellion. It honors the rule of law by… — Tom Tancredo Copy Share Image
Those whose conscience demands that they defy authority in some ways that involve great consequences must be willing to accept some penalty. — Joseph Wood Krutch Copy Share Image
Mass civil disobedience is like an earthquake, a sort of general upheaval on the political plane. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
A satyagrahi has no other stay but God, and he who has any other stay or depends on any other help cannot… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
A good person will resist an evil system with his whole soul. Disobedience of the laws of an evil state is therefore… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The first principle of non-violent action is that of non-cooperation with everything humiliating. — Cesar Chavez Copy Share Image
Unless nonviolence of the strong is really developed among us, there should be no thought of civil disobedience for Swaraj, whether within… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Today women in many countries are taking part in various types of movements of protest, some of which are serious struggles for… — Kumari Jayawardena Copy Share Image
From an athlete's perspective, to cancel the Olympics in regards to the threats would be absolutely devastating - especially since the Olympics… — Brian Boitano Copy Share Image
The world - and America - has been defined by people who haven't necessarily abided by the laws and the rules. Civil… — Rory Kennedy Copy Share Image
No one understands that the First Amendment is only important if you are going to offend somebody. If you're not going to… — Larry Flynt Copy Share Image
If I devote myself to other pursuits and contemplations, I must first see, at least, that I do not pursue them sitting… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
One could almost define life as the organized disobedience of the law of gravity. One could show that the degree to which… — Robert M. Pirsig Copy Share Image
Tell a man whose house is on fire to give a moderate alarm; tell him to moderately rescue his wife from the… — William Lloyd Garrison Copy Share Image
I'm so sick and tired of all this violence, this gun violence. And how could I speak on it - you know… — Snoop Dogg Copy Share Image
“The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
And yet, or just for this reason, it's so fascinating to be a woman. It's an adventure that takes such courage, a… — Oriana Fallaci Copy Share Image
“The recasting of the Origin Myth as a story about the perils of disobedience precipitated a kind of decoupling of scripture from… — Daniel Waterman Copy Share Image
All voting is a sort of gaming, like checkers or backgammon, with a slight moral tinge to it, a playing with right… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Evil exists because of the disobedience of Satan. God gave Satan, and the angels, and man free will. Satan used his free… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
Okay, so here's my question: When did civility become incompatible with protest? Why do some people consider civility an antonym - anathema,… — Steven Petrow Copy Share Image
The state says: "Well, in order for it to be legitimate civil disobedience, you have to follow these rules." They put us… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
“If now we attend to ourselves on occasion of any transgression of duty, we shall find that we in fact do not… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
I see a lot of individual action when it comes to environmental questions really as a form of politics as a way… — Dale Jamieson Copy Share Image
If the government or the parties won't address our needs, we will. It's about direct action, even civil disobedience. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
You must disobey an order, if the order is unfair, or inhuman. Disobedience is not something we are being taught. — Roselyne Bosch Copy Share Image
The word 'defeat' is not to be found in my dictionary, and everyone who is selected as a recruit in my army… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Be firm and upright upon the commands of Allah, work to His obedience and keep away from His disobedience. — Hasan of Basra Copy Share Image
All great rebellions are born of private acts of civil disobedience that inspire rebel bands to plot together. — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
I do not wish, it happens, to be associated with Massachusetts, either in holding slaves or in conquering Mexico. I am a… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Human history began with an act of disobedience and it is not unlikely that it will be terminated by an act of… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
