Firsts Quote by Mahatma Gandhi

Non-co-operation intended to pave the way to real honourable and voluntary co-operation based on mutual respect and trust.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Nonviolent non-co-operation, I am convinced, is a sacred duty at times.

— Mahatma Gandhi

It is the duty of a non-co-operator to preach disaffection towards the existing order of things. Non-co-operators are but giving disciplined expression to a…

— Mahatma Gandhi

Obedience of the law is demanded; not asked as a favor.

— Theodore Roosevelt

Non-co-operation is an attempt to awaken the masses to a sense of their dignity and power.

— Mahatma Gandhi

The State doesn't just want you to obey, it wants to make you WANT to obey.

— H. L. Mencken

Every state begins in compulsion; but the habits of obedience become the content of conscience, and soon every citizen thrills with loyalty to the…

— Will Durant

The first principle of a civilized state is that the power is legitimate only when it is under contract.

— Walter Lippmann

The laws of decency enforce themselves.

— Louise Colet

One thing is clear, everyone, no matter what their professional or material status, no matter what their influence on various state structures, must obey…

— Vladimir Putin

Obedience may have its uses, but it is no substitute for willing, uncoerced co-operation.

— Eleanor Roosevelt

If co-operation is a duty, I hold that non-co-operation also under certain conditions is equally a duty.

— Mahatma Gandhi