“I ask for, not at once no government, but at once a better government.”
Source: Civil Disobedience
“You don't manage an oppressor or dictator.
You don't love people out of being controlling or abusive.
You come up with a plan to secure whatever is most important to you before they kill you.”
Source: Speak, and End Child Sexual Abuse
“Anyone leading a violent rebellion must be prepared to make an honest assessment regarding the possible casualties to a minority population confronting a well-armed, wealthy majority with a fanatical right wing that would delight in exterminating thousands of black men, women and children.”
Source: Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?
“A Satyagrahi obeys the laws of society intelligently and of his own free will, because he considers it to be his sacred duty to do so. It is only when a person has thus obeyed the laws of society scrupulously that he is in a position to judge as to which particular rules are good and just and which unjust and iniquitous. Only then does the right accrue to him of the civil disobedience of certain laws in well defined circumstances.”
Source: The Story of My Experiments with Truth: An Autobiography
“A government of the people, a democracy, has room for peaceful civil disobedience—a practice that appeals to the humanity and sense of justice of the opposition (not defined as the 'enemy') and insists that we do all, in fact, belong to the beloved community.”
Source: Save Your City: How Toxic Culture Kills Community & What to Do About It
“The only thing we knew for certain was the American Civil War was not a prelude to a kiss.”
Source: Greeting Flannery O'Connor at the Back Door of My Mind
“Unjust laws exist; shall we be content to obey them? Or shall we endeavor to amend them and obey them until we have succeeded? Or shall we transgress them at once? — 1849 Essay on Civil Disobedience.”
“Why do some people feel offended by the word shit, but not by the word poop? Because some little old lady at the FCC decided that
good citizens don't use the word shit, and suddenly using a word like shit or fuck becomes an act of civil disobedience. Suddenly a little four-letter word has the power to shock.”
Source: Bad Choices Make Good Stories - Going to New York
“Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved.”
Source: The Holy Bible: King James Version
“It means using such means as civil disobedience,
outspoken criticism, protest, pacifism, voluntary poverty and even gentle violence if it comes to a matter of restraining some impetuous redneck.”
Source: Earth House Hold: Technical Notes & Queries to Fellow Dharma Revolutionaries