If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. – Louis D. Brandeis Category: Civil Disobedience
It is necessary to distinguish between the virtue and the vice of obedience. – Lemuel K. Washburn, Is The Bible Worth Reading And Other Essays, 1911 Category: Civil Disobedience
Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater one. – Chinese Proverb Category: Civil Disobedience
I think that we should be men first, and subjects afterward. It is not so desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right. – Henry David Thoreau, Civil Disobedience, 1849 Category: Civil Disobedience
To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what he says, but to go off with him and travel in his company. – Andre Gide Category: Travel
Any idiot can face a crisis – its day to day living that wears you out. – Anton Chekhov Category: Life
Oh, the summer night, Has a smile of light, And she sits on a sapphire throne. – Barry Cornwall Category: smile
