Quotes about Disobedience

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You are evidence of your mother's strength, especially if you are a rebellious knucklehead and regardless she has always — Criss Jami, Killosophy
Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. — Henry David Thoreau
...This is the arena in which a spiritualized disobedience means most. It doesn't mean a second New Deal, another massiv — Curtis White, The Spirit of Disobedience: Resisting the Charms of Fake Politics, Mindless Consumption, and the Culture of Total Work
I became convinced that noncooperation with evil is as much a moral obligation as is cooperation with good. — Martin Luther King Jr., The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
The leaders and followers of the Harlem Renaissance were every bit as intent on using Black culture to help make the Uni — Aberjhani, Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance
An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so. Now the law of nonviolence says that vi — Mahatma Gandhi, Non-violence in Peace and War 1942-49
Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves. — Henry David Thoreau
If you're not going to use your free speech to criticize your own government, then what the hell is the point of having — Michelle Templet
It was civil disobedience that won them their civil rights. — Tariq Ali, The Obama Syndrome: Surrender at Home, War Abroad
So how do the people resist unjust authority, which, we all agree, they must and should do and have done in the past? Th — David Graeber, The Democracy Project: A History, a Crisis, a Movement
Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere. — Mae West, Wit & Wisdom of Mae West
We are not as some people like to assume nowadays 'just being real' by embracing passively the sinful, fallen versions o — Criss Jami
Democracy is not simply a license to indulge individual whims and proclivities. It is also holding oneself accountable t — Aberjhani, Splendid Literarium: A Treasury of Stories, Aphorisms, Poems, and Essays
The sacrifices we make to stay healthy, to look good, the tasty foods we skip, the guilt trips, the exercising - all the — Criss Jami
The unteachable man is sentenced to being taught only by experience. The tragedy is he reaches nothing further than his — Criss Jami, Killosophy
Disobedience to rigid laws is a revolutionary act. — Lailah Gifty Akita
New concepts should be introduced by the power of imagery. — Douglas Coop
There is a heady sense of manhood that comes from advancing from apathy to commitment, from timidity to courage, from pa — David T. Dellinger, From Yale to Jail: The Life Story of a Moral Dissenter
The Christian living in disobedience also lives devoid of joy and hope. But when he begins to understand that Christ has — Jerry Bridges, The Pursuit of Holiness
Any lack of joy in the world is the result of disobedience. — Carolyn Shields