Those who deny the right of a jury to protect an individual in resisting an unjust law of the government, deny him… — Lysander Spooner 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
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
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
As long as the superstition that people should obey unjust laws exists, so long will slavery exist — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Woe to those who make unjust laws, to those who issue oppressive decrees, to deprive the poor of their rights and withhold… — Isaiah Copy Share Image
“We will match your capacity to inflict suffering with our capacity to endure suffering. We will meet your physical force with Soul… — Jack Kornfield 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
“Unjust laws exist; shall we be content to obey them, or shall we endeavor to amend them, and obey them until we… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
In any civilized society, it is every citizen's responsibility to obey just laws. But at the same time, it is every citizen's… — Martin Luther King, Jr 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
Unjust laws exist: shall we be content to obey them, or shall we endeavor to amend them, and obey them until we… — Henry David Thoreau 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
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
Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom of Europe. The supreme… — Noah Webster Copy Share Image
“When unjust laws are duly weighed, The king, too, may be disobeyed. They owed their true prince everything.” — Pedro Calderón de la Barca Copy Share Image
Socialism is the preparation for that higher Anarchism; painfully, laboriously we mean to destroy false ideas of property and self, eliminate unjust… — H. G. Wells Copy Share Image
A military force, at the command of Congress, can execute no laws, but such as the people perceive to be just and… — Noah Webster Copy Share Image
