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Civil Quotes by Howard Zinn
- Civil disobedience is not something outside the realm of democracy. Democracy requires civil disobedience. Without civil disobedience democracy does not exist.
- Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience.
- Terrorism has replaced Communism as the rationale for the militarization of the country [America], for military adventures abroad, and for the suppression of civil liberties…
- There is civil disobedience against the military machine, protest against police brutality directed especially at people of color.
- The problem in this world is not civil disobedience...th e problem in this world is civil obedience.
- Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience. Our problem is that people all over the world have obeyed the dictates of…
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- In Downing Street they called me 'Boss'. Civil servants would always call me 'Prime Minister'. — Tony Blair