Disobedience Quotes
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Since I entered politics, I have chiefly had men's views confided to me privately. Some of the biggest men in the United States, in the field of commerce and manufacture, are afraid of somebody, are afraid of something. They know that there is a power somewhere so organized, so subtle, so watchful, so interlocked, so complete, so pervasive, that they had better not speak above their breath when they speak in condemnation of it.
Woodrow Wilson
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I believe in civil disobedience among other forms of resistance in times when it's called for.
William Kunstler
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The only safe and honorable course for a self-respecting man is to do what I have decided to do, that is, to submit without protest to the penalty of disobedience ... not for want of respect for lawful authority, but in obedience to the higher law of our being, the voice of conscience.
Mahatma Gandhi
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We intend to do peaceful, non-violent disobedience because that's what is covered (by the media), ... If it takes that, we'll do it.
Ann Wright
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Civil disobedience is the inherent right of a citizen.
Mahatma Gandhi
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Men do not want solely the obedience of women, they want their sentiments.
John Stuart Mill
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Disobedience to authority is one of the most natural and healthy acts.
Antonio Negri
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There was a belief after World War I that painting could be an act of civil revolt. I want this exhibition, 'New Museum,' to be an act of civil disobedience. It's not so much about the New Museum on the Bowery, but the idea of challenging museums as projections of cultural authority. It's painting as insurgency.
Richard Phillips
