Famous quotes containing the words civil, disobedience and/or movement:
“The cause of civil liberty must not be surrendered at the end of one, or even one hundred defeats.”
—Abraham Lincoln (18091865)
“Disobedience, in the eyes of any one who has read history, is mans original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion.”
—Oscar Wilde (18541900)
“An actor rides in a bus or railroad train; he sees a movement and applies it to a new role. A woman in agony of spirit might turn her head just so; a man in deep humiliation probably would wring his hands in such a way. From straws like these, drawn from completely different sources, the fabric of a character may be built. The whole garment in which the actor hides himself is made of small externals of observation fitted to his conception of a role.”
—Eleanor Robson Belmont (18781979)