Activism Quote by Martin Luther King, Jr Download Open image “One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.” — Martin Luther King, Jr ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.9 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Activism Character Civil disobedience Disobedience Dissent Inspirational Law Moral Moral responsibility Political Protest Religious Responsibility Unjust Unjust laws
“One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.” — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
If a law is unjust, a man is not only right to disobey it, he is obligated to do so. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“We have a responsibility to disobey and violate unjust rules and laws.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
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… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Anyone in a free society where the laws are unjust has an obligation to break the law. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
When law and morality contradict each other, the citizen has the cruel alternative of either losing his moral sense or losing his respect for… — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
Just as it is the duty of all men to obey just laws, so it is the duty of all men to disobey unjust… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
There may be a legal obligation to obey, but there will be no moral obligation to obey. When it comes to history, it will… — Tony Benn Copy Share Image
There comes a point at which a law can be so unjust it is necessary openly, lovingly and with a willingness to accept the… — Robert P. George Copy Share Image
The strong man holds in a living blend strongly marked opposites. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Our nation was born in genocide when it embraced the doctrine that the original American, the Indian, was an inferior race. ... We are… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Somewhere somebody must have some sense. Men must see that force begets force, hate begets hate, toughness begets toughness. And it is all a… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Every genuine expression of love grows out of a consistent and total surrender to God. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
We must remember that intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus character--that is the goal of true education. The complete education gives one not only… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The supreme task is to organize and unite people so that their anger becomes a transforming force. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The great issue of life is to harness the drum major instinct. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Somebody must have sense enough and morality enough to cut off the chain of hate and the chain of evil in the universe. And… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
What seems so necessary today may not even be desirable tomorrow. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The Negro cannot win the respect of his oppressor by acquiescing; he merely increases the oppressor's arrogance and contempt. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
“God has a way of picking a “nobody” and turning their world upside down, in order to create a “somebody” that will remove the… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“All struggles against oppression in the modern woeld begin by redefining what had previously been consideered private, non-public and non-political issues as matters of… — Seyla Benhabib Copy Share Image
Joy doesn't betray but sustains activism. And when you face a politics that aspires to make you fearful, alienated and isolated, joy is a… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
“It takes a female to have a baby, It takes a woman to raise a child, It takes a mother to raise them correctly,… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
Paul Revere earned his living as a silversmith. But what do we remember him for? His volunteer work. All activism is volunteering in that… — Susan J. Ellis Copy Share Image
He went to Paris looking for answers to questions that bothered him so. He was impressive, young and aggressive, saving the world on his… — Jimmy Buffett Copy Share Image
Poetry is a lousy form of activism; it doesn't really change much. And maybe we can point to one or two historical times when… — Daphne Gottlieb Copy Share Image
There's a lot of activism that doesn't deal with empowerment, and you have to empower yourself in order to be relevant to any type… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
“Until you find a cause you can die for, you are not worthy to live.” — Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha Copy Share Image
Ya'll know what you need to do? Get together, make a We Are The World record. — Curtis Jackson Copy Share Image
“There is no way to tell if we are the pioneers of a visionary new age, whisking humanity into the high vibrations of an… — Jonathan Talat Phillips Copy Share Image
Terence McKenna says, "The culture is not your friend." I am not sure we can change this culture. But I think we can rise… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
