You can rebel in different ways. Civil disobedience is rebelling. As long as it's peaceful, of course. — Greta Thunburg 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
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
“if we don’t rebel, if we’re not physically in an active rebellion, then it’s spiritual death.” — Chris Hedges 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
Why was there not massive civil disobedience against this anti-Christian discrimination, as there was against segregation? — Pat Buchanan 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
“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
The only safe and honorable course for a self-respecting man is to do what I have decided to do, that is, to… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Thus if the First Amendment means anything in this field, it must allow protests even against the moral code that the standard… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
Ordinarily, a person leaving a courtroom with a conviction behind him would wear a somber face. But I left with a smile.… — Martin Luther King, Jr 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
Civil disobedience is not only the natural right of a people, especially when they have no effective voice in their own Government,… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
No one will give you change. You have to work for it. You have to earn it not by screaming, but by… — Haifaa al-Mansour Copy Share Image
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg apparently called President Obama directly to complain about NSA and how it spies on ordinary Americans. That's right,… — Jimmy Fallon Copy Share Image
Of course, there is nothing new about this kind of civil disobedience. It was seen sublimely in the refusal of Shadrach, Meshach… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
“Why do some people feel offended by the word shit, but not by the word poop? Because some little old lady at… — Oliver Markus Malloy 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
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
There is all the difference in the world between the criminal's avoiding the public eye and the civil disobedience's taking the law… — Hannah Arendt 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
Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience. Our problem is that people all over the world have obeyed… — Howard Zinn 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
My first civil disobedience arrest for social justice was in 1986 for protesting the SDI. — Martin Sheen 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
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
“If you're not going to use your free speech to criticize your own government, then what the hell is the point of… — Michel Templet 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
“Thoreau’s declaration in “Civil Disobedience”: “I heartily accept the motto—‘That government is best which governs least.” — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state has become lawless or corrupt. And a citizen who barters with such a… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
A dog can bite you but you must not bite the dog! Your every movement in life must be peaceful; otherwise you… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
I don't advocate civil disobedience. I do advocate the role of an informed citizen to try to overturn when a court makes… — Rick Santorum 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
An individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
“In every country where there is a vicious oppression, a peaceful and a continuous civil disobedience is the magical door opening to… — Mehmet Murat ildan 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
I would say that I'm a nonviolent soldier. In place of weapons of violence, you have to use your mind, your heart,… — Joan Baez Copy Share Image
The absolute key issue is: how do you create enough political pressure? It's up to us to create that political will and… — Gail Bradbrook Copy Share Image
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