Civil Disobedience Movement

Famous quotes containing the words civil, disobedience and/or movement:

    “When civil fury first grew high,
    And men fell out, they knew not why;
    When hard words, jealousies, and fears,
    Set folks together by the ears,
    And made them fight, like mad or drunk,
    For Dame Religion, as for punk;”
    —Samuel Butler (1612–1680)

    “Disobedience, in the eyes of any one who has read history, is man’s original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion.”
    —Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)

    “A movement is only composed of people moving. To feel its warmth and motion around us is the end as well as the means.”
    —Gloria Steinem (b. 1934)