It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established au

It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong. – Voltaire

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As long as the world shall last there will be wrongs, and if no man objected and no man rebelled, those wrongs would last forever. – Clarence Darrow

Disobedience, the rarest and most courageous of the virtues, is seldom distinguished from neglect, the laziest and commonest of the vices. – George Bernard Shaw, Maxims for Revolutionists

Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater one. – Chinese Proverb

If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. – Louis D. Brandeis

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