Character Quote by Martin Luther King, Jr

Even when there is no law, there is conscience.

— Publilius Syrus

When a man's conscience and the laws clash, it is his conscience that he must follow.

— Henry David Thoreau

One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

When a man is guided by the principles of reciprocity and consciousness, he is not far from the moral law. Whatever you don't wish…

— Confucius

No, moral conscience is one thing, the law is another. We have to hold onto this difference.

— Rocco Buttiglione

If a law is unjust, a man is not only right to disobey it, he is obligated to do so.

— Thomas Jefferson

When your conscience says law is immoral, don't follow it.

— Jack Kevorkian

“we know that men find themselves under a moral law, which they did not make, and cannot quite forget even when they try, and…

— C.S. Lewis

“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 can regard the moral law as an illusion, and so cut himself off from the common ground of humanity.

— C. S. Lewis

There are times when the law jeopardizes those who obey it.

— Kathy Acker

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

— Brandon Sanderson