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Obedience alone gives the right to command.
Obedience alone gives the right to command.
God seeks comrades and claims love, the Devil seeksslaves and claims obedience.
God seeks comrades and claims love, the Devil seeksslaves and claims obedience.
Obedience is the mother of success and is wedded to safety
Obedience is the mother of success and is wedded to safety
Public opinion is a permeating influence, and it exacts obedience to itself; it requires us to think other men's thoughts, read more
Public opinion is a permeating influence, and it exacts obedience to itself; it requires us to think other men's thoughts, to speak other men's words, to follow other men's habits.
When any one State in the American Union refuses obedience to the Confederation by which they have bound themselves, the read more
When any one State in the American Union refuses obedience to the Confederation by which they have bound themselves, the rest have a natural right to compel them to obedience
A great many of us must move from words to acts - from words of dissent to acts of disobedience.
A great many of us must move from words to acts - from words of dissent to acts of disobedience.
Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress read more
Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion.
The strongest is never strong enough to be always the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into read more
The strongest is never strong enough to be always the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty.
The only safe ruler is he who has learned to obey willingly.
The only safe ruler is he who has learned to obey willingly.
