“ There was a time when we expected nothing of our children but obedience, as opposed to the present, when we expect everything of them but obedience. ”
- Anatole Broyard- Copy
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“ 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- Copy
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“ The strongest is never strong enough to be always the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty. ”
- Jean Jacques Rousseau- Copy
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“ I have thought about it a great deal, and the more I think, the more certain I am that obedience is the gateway through which knowledge, yes, and love, too, enter the mind of the child. ”
- Anne Sullivan- Copy
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“ No principal is so noble, as there is none more holy, than that of a true obedience. ”
- Henry Giles- Copy
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“ Obedience of the law is demanded; not asked as a favor. ”
- Theodore Roosevelt- Copy
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“ Public opinion is a permeating influence, and it exacts obedience to itself; it requires us to drink other men's thoughts, to speak other men's words, to follow other men's habits. ”
- Walter Bagehot- Copy
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“ The reluctant obedience of distant provinces generally costs more than it is worth. Empires which branch out widely are often more flourishing for a little timely pruning. ”
- Thomas B. Macaulay- Copy
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“ I can no longer obey; I have tasted command, and I cannot give it up. ”
- Napoleon Bonaparte- Copy
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“ Any dictator would admire the uniformity and obedience of the U.S. media. ”
- Noam Chomsky- Copy
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“ Bow down before the one you serve, you're going to get what you deserve. ”
- Trent Reznor- Copy
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“ They are proud in humility, proud in that they are not proud. ”
- Henry Burton- Copy
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“ If I only had an hour to chop down a tree, I would spend the first 45 minutes sharpening my axe. ”
- Abraham Lincoln- Copy
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“ Nearest the throne itself must be The footstool of humility. ”
- James Montgomery- Copy
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“ Nowadays, suicide is just a way of disappearing. It is carried out timidly, quietly, and falls flat. It is no longer an action, only a submission. ”
- Cesare Pavese- Copy
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“ Whatever you do, He will make good of it. But not the good He had prepared for you if you had obeyed him. ”
- C.S. Lewis- Copy
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“ It's a good idea to obey all the rules when you're young just so you'll have the strength to break them when you're old. ”
- Mark Twain- Copy
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“ Obedience to truth known, is the king's highway to that which is still beyond us. ”
- Francis Quarles- Copy
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“ Let thy Child's first Lesson be Obedience, and the second will be what thou wilt. ”
- Benjamin Franklin- Copy
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“ What we call "morals" is simply blind obedience to words of command. ”
- Havelock Ellis- Copy
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