Assertion Quote by Mahatma Gandhi

Civil disobedience is the inherent right of a citizen.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Civil disobedience is not only the natural right of a people, especially when they have no effective voice in their own Government, but that…

— Mahatma Gandhi

Civil disobedience is, in fact, a conservative idea, a few steps short of overt rebellion. It honors the rule of law by insisting on…

— Tom Tancredo

The act of civil disobedience is the act of taking our anger and turning it into sacred rage. It is a personal and collective…

— Terry Tempest Williams

Complete civil disobedience is a state of peaceful rebellion, a refusal to obey every single state-made law.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Disobedience, to be civil, implies discipline, thought, care, attention.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Civil disobedience has an honourable history, and when the urgency and moral clarity cross a certain threshold, then I think that civil disobedience is…

— Al Gore

Civil disobedience has almost always been about expression. Generally, it's nonviolent, as defined by Henry David Thoreau, Gandhi, and King.

— Marvin Ammori

Civil disobedience's main goal typically is to try to arouse and inspire others to join and do something. Well, sometimes that is a good…

— Noam Chomsky

Disobedience to be civil has to be open and nonviolent.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state becomes lawless or corrupt.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state has become lawless or corrupt. And a citizen who barters with such a state shares…

— Mahatma Gandhi