There is a vast need for all types of protest today, whether it be civil disobedience, or whether it be on a… — William Kunstler Copy Share Image
Why was there not massive civil disobedience against this anti-Christian discrimination, as there was against segregation? — Pat Buchanan 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
“But now what? Why, now comes my master, takes me right away from my work, and my friends, and all I like,… — Harriet Beecher Stowe 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
I don't think Edward Snowden deserves a death penalty or life in prison. I think that's inappropriate. I think that's why he… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
Disobedience, to be civil, implies discipline, thought, care, attention. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
I don’t believe in eye-for-an-eye. The most incredible, sustainable, beautiful movements have been non-violent movements of civil disobedience. — Ellen Page Copy Share Image
When that devil's bullet lodged itself inside the body of Martin Luther King, he had already begun an astonishing mobilization of poor,… — June Jordan Copy Share Image
As the remaining voices for civil disobedience are suppressed, the political spectrum narrows even further. — Joshua Wong Copy Share Image
I heartily accept the motto, "That government is best which governs least"; and I should like to see it acted up to… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Disobedience that is wholly civil should never provoke retaliation. — Mahatma Gandhi 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
If a plant cannot live according to its nature, it dies; and so a man. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I'm absolutely, utterly, and completely certain that God wouldn't be homophobic. I'd much rather go to hell - I really would much… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
The privilege of resisting or disobeying a particular law or order accrues only to him who gives willing and unswerving obedience to… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
I do not hesitate to say, that those who call themselves Abolitionists should at once effectually withdraw their support, both inperson and… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Since I entered politics, I have chiefly had men's views confided to me privately. Some of the biggest men in the United… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
“Our statistics are at fault: the population has been returned too large. How many men are there to a square thousand miles… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“The basis of Gandhi's nonviolence is to appeal to the good in others and evoke sympathy to one's cause through self-suffering.” — Arun Gandhi Copy Share Image
I find this proposed amendment very, very, very, very shocking. And immoral. And, you know, if civil disobedience is the way to… — Rosie O'Donnell Copy Share Image
“Democracy is not simply a license to indulge individual whims and proclivities. It is also holding oneself accountable to some reasonable degree… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
Active nonviolence is necessary for those who will offer civil disobedience but the will and proper training are enough for the people… — Mahatma Gandhi 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
