Activism Quote by Martin Luther King, Jr

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

“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

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

“We have a responsibility to disobey and violate unjust rules and laws.”

— Bryant McGill

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

Of course, there is nothing new about this kind of civil disobedience. It was seen sublimely in the refusal of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so. Now the law of nonviolence says that violence…

— Mahatma Gandhi

“Peaceful civil disobedience to unjust laws, which I support with every fiber of my being, can sometimes be necessary at any level of government.…

— Ron Paul

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…

— Aaron Swartz

Unjust laws exist: shall we be content to obey them?

— Henry David Thoreau

To put it in the terms of St. Thomas Aquinas: An unjust law is a human law that is not rooted in eternal law…

— 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…

— Martin Luther King, Jr