Character Quote by 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

One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

“You can be moral without following the law, and you can be immoral while following the law.”

— Brandon Sanderson

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

— Bryant McGill

“Morality and legality have nothing to do with one another. I'm more than fine with breaking a law if it disagrees with my values…

— Ashly Lorenzana

“When law and morality are in contradiction to each other, the citizen finds himself in the cruel alternative of either losing his moral sense,…

— Frédéric Bastiat

“We may disagree with the morality of a law, but we cannot deny the moral concern of a law.”

— R.J. Rushdoony

“Laws should act as the lower limits of acceptable behavior, not as a guide to noble action.”

— George Hammond

“Moral law is an invention of mankind for the disenfranchisement of the powerful in favor of the weak.”

— Cormac McCarthy

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

“In the first place, it would efface from everybody’s conscience the distinction between justice and injustice. No society can exist unless the laws are…

— Frédéric Bastiat

“Our law and our morality contradict one another.”

— Joseph Befumo