Unjust Laws Quotes

25 Unjust Laws quotes by 15 unique authors

It seems to me that an unjust law is no law at all. — Saint Augustine
In any civilized society, it is every citizen's responsibility to obey just laws. But at the same time, it is every citizen's responsibility to disobey… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
There are two types of laws: there are just laws and there are unjust laws... What is the difference between the two?...An unjust law is… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
A just law is a man-made code that squares with the moral law or the law of God. An unjust law is a code that… — Martin Luther
Of course, there is nothing new about this kind of civil disobedience. It was seen sublimely in the refusal of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego to… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
There is no justice in following unjust laws. It's time to come into the light and, in the grand tradition of civil disobedience, declare our… — Aaron Swartz
Unjust laws have to be fought ideologically; they cannot be fought or corrected by means of mere disobedience and futile martyrdom. — Ayn Rand
If a juror feels that the statute involved in any criminal offence is unfair, or that it infringes upon the defendant's natural god-given unalienable or… — Harlan F. Stone
One who breaks an unjust law must do so openly, lovingly, and with a willingness to accept the penalty. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
A just law is a man-made code that squares with the moral law, or the law of God. An unjust law is a code that… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
In a democracy - even if it is a so-called democracy like our white-?litist one - the greatest veneration one can show the rule of… — Nadine Gordimer
As long as the superstition that people should obey unjust laws exists, so long will slavery exist — Mahatma Gandhi
There is no justice in following unjust laws. — Aaron Swartz
Socialism is the preparation for that higher Anarchism; painfully, laboriously we mean to destroy false ideas of property and self, eliminate unjust laws and poisonous… — H.G. Wells
An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so. — Mahatma Gandhi
Those who deny the right of a jury to protect an individual in resisting an unjust law of the government, deny him all defence whatsoever… — Lysander Spooner
One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
A unjust law, is no law at all. — Martin Luther
Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom of Europe. The supreme power in America… — Noah Webster
When I refuse to obey an unjust law, I do not contest the right of the majority to command, but I simply appeal from the… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Unjust laws exist: shall we be content to obey them, or shall we endeavor to amend them, and obey them until we have succeeded, or… — Henry David Thoreau
An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so. Now the law of nonviolence says that violence should… — Mahatma Gandhi
One of the worst things about breaking the law is that it puts one at odds with an indeterminate number of other people. This is… — Sam Harris
One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws. I… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The sea does not belong to despots. Upon its surface men can still exercise unjust laws, fight, tear one another to pieces, and be carried… — Jules Verne

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