An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for it breach is more so. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
One who breaks an unjust law must do so openly, lovingly, and with a willingness to accept the penalty. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“If their rules made sense and sense ruled— If their laws weren’t so brok- en I wouldn’t break ‘em.” — Roy Duffield Copy Share Image
One who breaks an unjust law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order… — Martin Luther King Jr Copy Share Image
One who breaks an unjust law that conscience tells him is unjust ... is in reality expressing the highest respect for law… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
There comes a point at which a law can be so unjust it is necessary openly, lovingly and with a willingness to… — Robert P. George Copy Share Image
There are two types of laws: there are just laws and there are unjust laws... What is the difference between the two?...An… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
“The horror with which blind and unjust law regards an action never attaches to the doer in the eyes of those who… — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
“An unjust law is a human law that is not rooted in eternal law and natural law. Any law that uplifts human… — Martin Luther King Jr Copy Share Image
A just law is a man-made code that squares with the moral law, or the law of God. An unjust law is… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
To put it in the terms of St. Thomas Aquinas: An unjust law is a human law that is not rooted in… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
In the first place, an unjust law exists in this Commonwealth, by which marriages between persons of different color is pronounced illegal.… — Lydia M. Child Copy Share Image
“An unjust law is a code that a numerical or power majority group compels a minority group to obey but does not… — Martin Luther King Jr Copy Share Image
If a juror feels that the statute involved in any criminal offence is unfair, or that it infringes upon the defendant's natural… — Harlan F. Stone Copy Share Image
An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so. Now the law of nonviolence says… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
A just law is a man-made code that squares with the moral law or the law of God. An unjust law is… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“There are two types of laws, those that are just and those that are unjust. A just law is a man-made code… — Martin Luther King Jr Copy Share Image
“In the 20th century, it became more and more the norm for judges to incorrectly instruct juries that they must consider only… — Mark David Ledbetter Copy Share Image
One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
If the poor, for example, because they are more in number, divide among themselves the property of the rich,- is not this… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
When I refuse to obey an unjust law, I do not contest the right of the majority to command, but I simply… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
