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Quote by Hannah Arendt
It is my contention that civil disobediences are nothing but the l

It is my contention that civil disobediences are nothing but the latest form of voluntary association, and that they are thus quite in tune with the oldest traditions of the country. – Hannah Arendt

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The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes amounts to certainty; the new therefore always appears in the guise of a miracle. – Hannah Arendt

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Revolutionaries do not make revolutions. The revolutionaries are those who know when power is lying in the street and then they can pick it up. – Hannah Arendt

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No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once a specific crime has appeared for the first time, its reappearance is more likely than its initial emergence could ever have been. – Hannah Arendt

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No principal is so noble, as there is none more holy, than that of a true obedience. – Henry Giles

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It is much safer to obey, than to govern. – Thomas Kempis

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Nonviolence is fine as long as it works. – Malcolm X

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The ship that will not obey the helm will have to obey the rocks. – English Proverb

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Nonetheless, do I have respect for people who believe in the hereafter? Of course I do. I might add, perhaps even a touch of envy too, because of the solace. – Studs Terkel

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Tis easy enough to be pleasant, When life flows along like a song But the man worth while is the one who will smile when everything goes dead wrong. – Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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