"Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The……" — Henry David Thoreau

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• It is my contention that civil disobediences are nothing but the latest form of voluntary association, and that they are… — Hannah Arendt
• Resistance is feasible even for those who are not heroes by nature, and it is an obligation, I believe, for… — Noam Chomsky
• I honestly do not know if civil disobedience has any effect on the government. I can promise you it has… — Martin Sheen
• I don’t believe in eye-for-an-eye. The most incredible, sustainable, beautiful movements have been non-violent movements of civil disobedience. — Ellen Page
• I believe that Gandhi was correct. Non-violent civil disobedience is the only way to bring about change that allows people… — Edward James Olmos
• I call upon all of you to wage a second American nonviolent revolution, to use civil disobedience, and to demand… — Larry Klayman
• Of course, there is nothing new about this kind of civil disobedience. It was seen sublimely in the refusal of… — 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… — Aaron Swartz
• Why was there not massive civil disobedience against this anti-Christian discrimination, as there was against segregation? — Pat Buchanan
• My first civil disobedience arrest for social justice was in 1986 for protesting the SDI. — Martin Sheen
• There is all the difference in the world between the criminal's avoiding the public eye and the civil disobedience's taking… — Hannah Arendt
• I would say that I'm a nonviolent soldier. In place of weapons of violence, you have to use your mind,… — Joan Baez

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