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
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
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
Ibn Ata' Allah said: "God may open up for you the gates of obedience, but without opening up for you the gates… — Yusuf al-Qaradawi Copy Share Image
Disobedience that is wholly civil should never provoke retaliation. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Disobedience, the rarest and most courageous of the virtues, is seldom distinguished from neglect, the laziest and commonest of the vices. — George Bernard Shaw 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
“There is no more deadly peril than disobedience; States are devoured by it, homes laid in ruins, Armies defeated, victory turned to… — Sophocles 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
The good of the governed is the end, and rewards and punishments are the means, of all government. The government of the… — John Adams Copy Share Image
There is something servile in the interpretation of sin as crime which infringes the will of God and calls for legal proceedings… — Nikolai Berdyaev 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
It's necessary to maintain a state of disobedience against...everything. — Alice Notley 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
At the root of all our disobedience are particular ways in which we continue to seek control of our lives through systems… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Every instance of obedience, from right motives, strengthens us spiritually, whilst every act of disobedience weakens us. — George Muller 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
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
A defiant deed has greater value than unnumerable thousands of words. — Emmeline Pankhurst Copy Share Image
It is a blessed thing that in every age some one has had individuality enough and courage enough to stand by his… — Robert Green Ingersoll 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
