Civil disobedience and excitement and intoxication go ill together. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“Thoreau’s declaration in “Civil Disobedience”: “I heartily accept the motto—‘That government is best which governs least.” — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
Ours is a civil fight, and imprisonment as a civil prisoner has got to be earned by the strict observance of the… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
I believe in civil disobedience among other forms of resistance in times when it's called for. — William Kunstler Copy Share Image
Civil disobedience is a lever which can move the world by using peace as a fulcrum. — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
I think direct political action, civil disobedience, in particular, is something to be taken very seriously. — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
My first civil disobedience arrest for social justice was in 1986 for protesting the SDI. — Martin Sheen 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
“if we don’t rebel, if we’re not physically in an active rebellion, then it’s spiritual death.” — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
It is my contention that civil disobediences are nothing but the latest form of voluntary association, and that they are thus quite… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
“We live in a nation where education and free thought are tantamount to treason, and I have to ask, under these circumstances,… — Michel Templet Copy Share Image
In response to criticism of its treatment of killer whales, Sea World said it will build them a larger habitat. When asked… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
Civil disobedience's main goal typically is to try to arouse and inspire others to join and do something. Well, sometimes that is… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Marches work, rallies work, civil disobedience works, direct action works, voting works, writing letters works, speaking to churches and schools works, rioting… — Cleve Jones Copy Share Image
“[Theseus] soon found himself involved in factions and troubles; those who long had hated him had now added to their hatred contempt;… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Satyagraha is an opera which I wrote for the Netherlands Opera, so it uses an orchestra of around fifty, a chorus of… — Philip Glass Copy Share Image
If we accept and acquiesce in the face of discrimination, we accept the responsibility ourselves. We should, therefore, protest openly everything ...… — Mary McLeod Bethune Copy Share Image
“No doubt you’ve heard the phrase 'ignorance of the law is no excuse’, and are probably familiar with the statist meaning of… — Starchild Copy Share Image
“King became the movement’s voice and launched a new phase of mass protest. He was a disciple of the teachings of Gandhi… — Anthony R. Fellow Copy Share Image
You think OWS is radical? You think 350.org was radical for helping organize mass civil disobedience in D.C. in August against the… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
Congress needs to send a strong signal that direct communication with the leader of the free world is a privilege, particularly for… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
I've been in politics all my life. In 1945, I committed my first act of civil disobedience during the election campaign for… — Patrick Stewart Copy Share Image
I'd been focused on trying to start civil disobedience since 2010. I'd tried many things and they hadn't worked. So I went… — Gail Bradbrook Copy Share Image
I think the big turning moment was when I joined the student political action club and started studying nonviolent civil disobedience in… — Cecily McMillan Copy Share Image
I know of only one country, at least to my knowledge, which has a dissident culture where leading figures, I mean, the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
No radical change on the plane of history is possible without crime. — Hermann Graf Keyserling Copy Share Image
If a plant cannot live according to its nature, it dies; and so a man. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Human history begins with man's act of disobedience which is at the same time the beginning of his freedom and the development… — Erich Fromm 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
If the alternative is to keep all just men in prison, or give up war and slavery, the State will not hesitate… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Satyagraha and civil disobedience and fasts have nothing in common with the use of force, veiled or open. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Aggressive civil disobedience should be confined to a vindication of the right of free speech and free association. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Civil disobedience does not admit of any violence or countenancing of violence directly or indirectly. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
![“[Theseus] soon found himself involved in factions and troubles; those who long had hated him had now added to their hatred contempt; and the minds of the people were so generally corrupted, that, instead of obeying commands with silence, they expected to be flattered into their duty.” quote by Plutarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/127/plutarch-597_authority_theseus-soon-found-himself-involved-in-f_1143066.jpg)
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