Civil Quote by Noam Chomsky Download Open image “Civil disobedience is - it's no fun.” — Noam Chomsky ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.1 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Civil Civil disobedience Disobedience Fun
Civil disobedience is a viable political tactic, and a non-violent tactic. — William Kunstler Copy Share Image
Civil disobedience's main goal typically is to try to arouse and inspire others to join and do something. Well, sometimes that is a good… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Civil disobedience is, in fact, a conservative idea, a few steps short of overt rebellion. It honors the rule of law by insisting on… — Tom Tancredo Copy Share Image
Civil disobedience has almost always been about expression. Generally, it's nonviolent, as defined by Henry David Thoreau, Gandhi, and King. — Marvin Ammori Copy Share Image
It is my contention that civil disobediences are nothing but the latest form of voluntary association, and that they are thus quite in tune… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
Civil disobedience has an honourable history, and when the urgency and moral clarity cross a certain threshold, then I think that civil disobedience is… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
In instances in history, civil disobedience has been appropriate and useful. — Philip Hart Copy Share Image
I favor massive civil disobedience, among other things. It is not the only thing that is used to protest any grievance in society. But… — William Kunstler Copy Share Image
The act of civil disobedience is the act of taking our anger and turning it into sacred rage. It is a personal and collective… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
Civil disobedience can never be in general terms, such as for independence. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
I do believe that non-violent civil disobedience is a very important and useful tactic. — Cleve Jones Copy Share Image
The costs of the Bush-Obama wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are now estimated to run as high as $4.4 trillion - a major victory… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
If you believe in democracy, why shouldn't you know what the government is doing? — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
It’s a shameful moment for U.S. media when it insists on being subservient to the grotesque propaganda agencies of a violent, aggressive state. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There are questions as to whether it should even exist. Who should corporations be responsive to, the management of a corporation? Theoretically they are… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Governments regard their own citizens as their main enemy, and they have to be - protect themselves. That's why you have state secret laws.… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I don't join the New Atheists. So, for example, I wouldn't have the arrogance to lecture some mother who hopes to see her dying… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The first thing you ought to do is verify what I present. Just because I say it doesn't make it true. So check it… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I wrote an article about the marine landing [in Haiti] right away, but barely mentioned the oil, because my article would come out two… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
American society is now remarkably atomized. Political organizations have collapsed. In fact, it seems like even bowling leagues are collapsing. The left has a… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
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There's an interesting book about that called The Third Reich and the Ivory Tower, written by Stephen H. Norwood. It has a long discussion… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
This is class war on an international scale, and power is in the hands of those who control the international economic system. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Using a broad brushstroke, I think Libertarian - most of America are socially accepting and fiscally responsible. I'm in that category. I think, broadly… — Gary Johnson Copy Share Image
Affirmative action was designed to recognize the uniquely difficult journey of African-Americans. This policy was justifiable and understandable, even to those who came from… — Jim Webb Copy Share Image
In the summer of 1964, my sister and I went to South Ballston, Virginia, to stay with my aunt and her kids. They passed… — Edward P. Jones Copy Share Image
I support gay unions. I think the government should get out of the marriage business completely - leave marriages to the churches. And grant… — Gary Johnson Copy Share Image
Protecting the rights of service members was an important part of my work as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights. — Thomas Perez Copy Share Image
We are losing each day an average 50 to 60 people throughout the country, if not more. If this is not civil war, then… — Iyad Allawi Copy Share Image
Any new legal measures, or cooperative arrangements between government and companies meant to keep people from organizing violence or criminal actions, must not be… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
I was on the state board of directors of the American Civil Liberties Union. — Betty Hill Copy Share Image
I was a child during the Lebanese civil war, and I remember Israeli bombardments. So growing up, my view of Israel was completely negative.… — Ziad Doueiri Copy Share Image
In Finland, we learned quite a lot from our own civil war. The wounds were visible when I was a boy, but my generation… — Harri Holkeri Copy Share Image
I wrote my first script, which was 50 pages, at age 15. It was about two brothers in love with the same nurse while… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
Whatever the reasons may be, I was very much affected by events of the 1930s - the Spanish Civil War, for example, though I… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image