"If a law is unjust, a man is……" — Thomas Jefferson
"If a law is unjust, a man is not only right to disobey it, he is obligated to do so."
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1,437 Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson has 1,437 quotes on this site.
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Religious leaders will always avail themselves of public ignorance for their own purpose.
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Born in other countries, yet believing you could be happy in this, our laws acknowledge, as they should do, your…
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[Emigrants] will bring with them the principles of the governments they leave, imbibed in their early youth; or, if able…
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The only security of all is in a free press. The force of public opinion cannot be resisted when permitted…
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It is strangely absurd to suppose that a million of human beings, collected together, are not under the same moral…
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The sentiments of men are known not only by what they receive, but what they reject also.
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If ever there was a holy war, it was that which saved our liberties and gave us independence.
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We prefer war in all cases to tribute under any form and to any people whatever.
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I have always said that a studious perusal of the sacred volume will make better citizens, better fathers, and better…
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The sovereign invigorator of the body is exercise, and of all the exercises walking is the best.
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It is not only vain, but wicked, in a legislator to frame laws in opposition to the laws of nature,…
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Motherhood is the keystone of the arch of matrimonial happiness.
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In any civilized society, it is every citizen's responsibility to obey just laws. But at the same time, it is…
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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If words of command are not clear and distinct, if orders are not thoroughly understood, the general is to blame.…
— Sun Tzu
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The joy of youth is to disobey; but the trouble is that there are no longer any orders.
— Jean Cocteau
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Every child has to disobey the father. Unless a child disobeys the father he never becomes mature. It is nothing,…
— Rajneesh
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In traditional Hindu families like ours, men provided and women were provided for. My father was a patriarch and I…
— Bharati Mukherjee
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Disobey n:To celebrate with an appropriate ceremony the maturity of a command
— Ambrose Bierce
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O' youth do not disobey the words of the wise. Its better than fortune if the wise-one gives you advice.
— Muhammad Atta-ullah Faizani
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We cannot, by total reliance on law, escape the duty to judge right and wrong... There are good laws and…
— Unknown Author
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Laws, written, if not on stone tables, yet on the azure of infinitude, in the inner heart of God's creation,…
— Thomas Carlyle
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The customs of God's people and the institutions of our ancestors are to be considered as laws. And those who…
— Saint Augustine
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To stay here and disobey God - I can't afford to take the consequence. I would rather go and obey…
— Amanda Smith
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What is happening to our young people? They disrespect their elders, they disobey their parents. They ignore the law. They…
— Socrates
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