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When EVIL men make bad laws, righteous men disobey them."
Pastor Butch Paugh — Tarrin P. Lupo

Mass civil disobedience can use rage as a constructive and creative force. — Martin Luther King Jr.

If a plant cannot live according to its nature, it dies; and so a man. — 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 it? — Michel Templet

The problem in this world is not civil disobedience ... th e problem in this world is civil obedience. — Howard Zinn

Satyagraha does not begin and end with civil disobedience. — Mahatma Gandhi

It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen. — Aristotle.

All great rebellions are born of private acts of civil disobedience that inspire rebel bands to plot together. — Nancy Gibbs

I don't believe in eye-for-an-eye. The most incredible, sustainable, beautiful movements have been non-violent movements of civil disobedience. — Ellen Page

Before civil disobedience can be practised on a vast scale, people must learn the art of civil or voluntary obedience. — Mahatma Gandhi

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

Civil disobedience is a lever which can move the world by using peace as a fulcrum. — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Individual civil disobedience was everybody's inherent right, like the right of self-defence in normal life. — Mahatma Gandhi

New concepts should be introduced by the power of imagery. — Douglas Coop

Civil disobedience is the inherent right of a citizen. — Mahatma Gandhi

Disobedience to be civil has to be open and nonviolent. — Mahatma Gandhi

Civil disobedience is a preparation for mute suffering. — Mahatma Gandhi

Civil disobedience is the only nonviolent escape from the soul-destroying heat of violence. — Mahatma Gandhi

King consciously steered away from legal claims and instead relied on civil disobedience. — Constance Baker Motley

Mass civil disobedience is like an earthquake, a sort of general upheaval on the political plane. — Mahatma Gandhi

Civil disobedience is - it's no fun. — Noam Chomsky

The Charkha, which is the embodiment of willing obedience and calm persistence, must therefore succeed before there is civil disobedience. — Mahatma Gandhi

In every country where there is a vicious oppression, a peaceful and a continuous civil disobedience is the magical door opening to the freedom! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

I think direct political action, civil disobedience, in particular, is something to be taken very seriously. — Terry Tempest Williams

Disobedience, to be civil, implies discipline, thought, care, attention. — Mahatma Gandhi

It was civil disobedience that won them their civil rights. — Tariq Ali

Civil disobedience can only lead to strength and purity. — Mahatma Gandhi

Voting for the right is doing nothing for it. — Henry David Thoreau

Disobedience to rigid laws is a revolutionary act. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Mass civil disobedience was for the attainment of independence. — Mahatma Gandhi

Little attention was paid, because the German people, no matter how hungry, remained obedient. — Barbara W. Tuchman

Aggressive civil disobedience should be confined to a vindication of the right of free speech and free association. — Mahatma Gandhi

Accepting yourself as you are is an act of civil disobedience. — Francesca Martinez

Non-co-operation and civil disobedience are but different branches of the same tree called satyagraha. — Mahatma Gandhi

Civil disobedience can never be in general terms, such as for independence. — Mahatma Gandhi

Protest beyond the law is not a departure from democracy; it is absolutely essential to it. — Howard Zinn