Antigone Quote by Sophocles

“Anticipatory obedience is a political tragedy.”

— Timothy Snyder

“Disobedience is a sure recipe for disaster, picking up the pieces is even harder”

— Kudakwashe Mazendame

“If there is one lesson we can take away from the extravagant lives of our tyrants it is the fragility of our democratic society…

— Daniel Myerson

“Nonviolence is often the path of wisdom, but not always. Love and passive resistance are wonderfully effective weapons against some kinds of tyranny, but…

— Freeman Dyson

“We are a wretched, petty species, and we have been given power to destroy ourselves with.”

— wildbow

“Human beings betray their worst failings when they marvel to find that a world ruler is neither foolishly indolent, presumptuous, nor cruel.”

— Marguerite Yourcenar

“Sadly, cowardice, ignorance, indifference, greed and fear, rule over the world”

— Den Sjo

Civil disobedience has almost always been about expression. Generally, it's nonviolent, as defined by Henry David Thoreau, Gandhi, and King.

— Marvin Ammori

“Arbitrary government operating by force, by terror, must destroy the best, the boldest dissenters in sheer self-defence; soon it finds itself destroying all who,…

— Edward Crankshaw

“The laws is not meant to destroy us. But our disobedience leads to our own destruction.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“All breathing, existing, living, sentient creatures should not be slain, nor treated with violence, nor abused, nor tormented, nor driven away.”

— Mahavira

“No matter how fierce the enemy seems--when fear cripples us, anger enrages us, or selfishness possesses us; when adversity crushes us, opposition hounds us,…

— Katy Kauffman