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Disobedience, the rarest and most courageous of the virtues, is se

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

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Every actual state is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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