Quote by Thomas Paine

“for me obedience to another is the decay of self. for though every being is similar each being is different and to herd our…

— Charles Bukowski

“The existence of laws, regulations, and procedures has never been sufficient to compel men to obedience. Productive obedience comes through the exercise of free…

— Dean L. Larsen

“A man who WILLS commands something within himself which renders obedience, or which he believes renders obedience.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“Obedience is the virtue that determines whether a person is either a servant or a rebel. Life of integrity is built on obedience of…

— Israelmore Ayivor

“If force compels obedience, there is no need to invoke a duty to obey, and if force ceases to compel obedience, there is no…

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

“Because the vast majority of men would far rather be told what to do than make their own choices. Obedience is easy.”

— Joe Abercrombie

Obedience is our universal duty and destiny; wherein whoso will not bend must break; too early and too thoroughly we cannot be trained to…

— Thomas Carlyle

Those who keep the masses of men in subjection by exercising force and cruelty deprive them at once of two vital foods, liberty and…

— Simone Weil

“Servitude is not easy. Obedience is not a one-time decision. Obedience is alife time discipline. But it does bring a cimplicty to life because…

— Susan Hunt

“Men are not corrupted by the exercise of power, or debased by the habit of obedience; but by the exercise of a power which…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

“When obedience ceases to be an irritant and becomes a quest, in that movement God endows us with power.”

— Ezra Taft Benson

“Obedience is to surrender to God's will and it is a form of worship.”

— Joshua A Adebodun