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If a jury have not the right to judge between the government and those who disobey its laws, and resist its oppressions, the government is…

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Vices are simply the errors which a man makes in his search after his own happiness. Unlike crimes, they imply no malice…
The highwayman takes solely upon himself the responsibility, danger, and crime of his own act. He does not pretend that he has…
Man, no doubt, owes many other moral duties to his fellow men; such as to feed the hungry, clothe the naked, shelter…
There has been no clearer principle of English or American constitutional law than that, in criminal cases, it is not only the…
If our fathers, in 1776, had acknowledged the principle that a majority had the right to rule the minority, we should never…
No State shall pass any law impairing the [natural] obligation of contracts.
All the great establishments, of every kind, now in the hands of a few proprietors, but employing a great number of wage…
It is self-evident that no number of men, by conspiring, and calling themselves a government, can acquire any rights whatever over other…
Vices are those acts by which a man harms himself or his property. Crimes are those acts by which one man harms…
And the men who loan money to governments, so called, for the purpose of enabling the latter to rob, enslave, and murder…
The Rothschilds, and that class of money-lenders of whom they are the representatives and agents - men who never think of lending…
Our constitutions purport to be established by 'the people,' and, in theory, 'all the people' consent to such government as the constitutions…

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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.
If words of command are not clear and distinct, if orders are not thoroughly understood, the general is to blame. But if… — Sun Tzu
The joy of youth is to disobey; but the trouble is that there are no longer any orders. — Jean Cocteau
Every child has to disobey the father. Unless a child disobeys the father he never becomes mature. It is nothing, original, it… — Rajneesh
If a law is unjust, a man is not only right to disobey it, he is obligated to do so. — Thomas Jefferson
In traditional Hindu families like ours, men provided and women were provided for. My father was a patriarch and I a pliant… — Bharati Mukherjee
Disobey n:To celebrate with an appropriate ceremony the maturity of a command — Ambrose Bierce
O' youth do not disobey the words of the wise. Its better than fortune if the wise-one gives you advice. — Muhammad Atta-ullah Faizani
We cannot, by total reliance on law, escape the duty to judge right and wrong... There are good laws and there are… — Unknown Author
Laws, written, if not on stone tables, yet on the azure of infinitude, in the inner heart of God's creation, certain as… — Thomas Carlyle
The customs of God's people and the institutions of our ancestors are to be considered as laws. And those who throw contempt… — Saint Augustine
To stay here and disobey God - I can't afford to take the consequence. I would rather go and obey God than… — Amanda Smith

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