John Lewis

I remember back in the 1960s - late '50s, really - reading a comic book called 'Martin Luther King Jr. and the Montgomery Story.' Fourteen pages. It sold for 10 cents. And this little book inspired me to attend non-violence workshops, to study about Gandhi, about Thoreau, to study Martin Luther King, Jr., to study civil disobedience.

American Politician

Al Gore

Civil disobedience has an honourable history, and when the urgency and moral clarity cross a certain threshold, then I think that civil disobedience is quite understandable, and it has a role to play.

American Vice President

John Bytheway

Adversity is simply part of earth life. From it we can grow and progress if we choose to. Yes, some trials come because of our own disobedience, but many trials are simply part of life.

American Author

Mona Eltahawy

What is satire if not a marriage of civil disobedience to a laugh track, a potent brew of derision and lack of respect that acts as a nettle sting on the thin skin of the humourless?

Egyptian Journalist

Caroline Fraser

I was afraid to admit feeling ill because even when I was 4 or 5, I knew that my father viewed sickness as a sign of weakness, of sin, of disobedience.

American Writer

Ariel Sharon

Expressions of disobedience naturally encourage terrorist organizations and motivate them to intensify their actions.

Israeli Leader

Greta Thunburg

You can rebel in different ways. Civil disobedience is rebelling. As long as it's peaceful, of course.

Swedish Environmentalist

Gail Bradbrook

Change comes when people are willing to commit acts of peaceful civil disobedience.

British Activist

Henry David Thoreau

Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.

Noam Chomsky

American Activist

Disobedience in a legal context often implies facing punishments like fines or jail.

Legal Consequences

Disobedience is a deliberate choice to not comply with rules or orders.

Intentional Act

Civil disobedience is a nonviolent protest against laws deemed unjust.

Civil Protest

Disobedience toward a parent or teacher often stems from a conflict with authority.

Authority Dispute

Consequences for disobedience are used to teach proper behavior.

Behavior Correction

Social disobedience may isolate the individual from the group or cause backlash.

Social Implications

What is seen as disobedience can vary greatly between cultures.

Cultural Variation

Disobedience can be used to show disagreement with widespread norms.

Expressing Dissent

 As advisor to the NAACP youth group council, she helped young people navigate segregated systems including voter registration and whites-only libraries. Through the cover of the NAACP, Parks strived to bring clandestine civil rights activities into the open. She advocated for civil disobedience training

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 Or clergy and teachers engaging in civil disobedience to block water shutoff trucks. It's organizations buying back foreclosed homes for their inhabitants or fighting misinformation on forced sales through social media and volunteer-run hotlines. For me, it means helping others to raise the beams

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 and left. In 1948, he traveled to India to learn the peaceful resistance strategies of the recently assassinated Mahatma Gandhi. He returned to the United States armed with strategies for peaceful protest, including civil disobedience.

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