Disobedience Quotes - Page 16

• There is a vast need for all types of protest today, whether it be civil disobedience, or whether it be on a - more conventional variety.

  William Kunstler

  Today, Needs, Type

  Source: openvault.wgbh.org

  8 Copy quote

  Show source

• Civil disobedience is a viable political tactic, and a non-violent tactic.

  William Kunstler

  Political, Tactics, Violent

  Source: openvault.wgbh.org

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• There's no eleventh commandment, "Thou shalt commit civil disobedience," There's no eleventh commandment, "Thou shalt not." What you do is you face the realities of the situation, and decide whether what you're doing will help or hurt the goal you set.

  Allard K. Lowenstein

  Hurt, Reality, Goal

  Source: openvault.wgbh.org

  5 Copy quote

  Show source

• In instances in history, civil disobedience has been appropriate and useful.

  Philip Hart

  Instance, Has Beens, Appropriate

  Source: openvault.wgbh.org

  8 Copy quote

  Show source

• Throughout American history, the political leaders have always exhorted the American people to be nice and quiet and leave things to them. But when very serious evils confronted the American people, they had to go beyond the Congressmen and Senators, and they had to commit civil disobedience and they had even to break the law.

  Howard Zinn

  Nice, Law, People

  Source: openvault.wgbh.org

  6 Copy quote

  Show source

• I do believe that non-violent civil disobedience is a very important and useful tactic.

  Cleve Jones

  Believe, Important, Tactics

  Source: www.bilerico.com

  5 Copy quote

  Show source

• Lobbying, protesting, letter-writing, American media, civil disobedience, and preaching pacifism ad nauseum, along with EDUCATION is the most effective way to enlighten the masses. Welfare concessions/campaigns, are counterproductive and simply ineffective in this day and age.

  Gary Yourofsky

  Writing, Media, Age

  Source: www.all-creatures.org

  9 Copy quote

  Show source

• International affairs is very much run like the mafia. The godfather does not accept disobedience, even from a small storekeeper who doesn't pay his protection money. You have to have obedience otherwise the idea can spread that you don't have to listen to the orders and it can spread to important places.

  Noam Chomsky

  Running, Order, Ideas

  Source: www.counterpunch.org

  4 Copy quote

  Show source