Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.

Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.

Obedience indeed is only the pitiful and cowardly egotism of him who thinks that he can do something better than read more

Obedience indeed is only the pitiful and cowardly egotism of him who thinks that he can do something better than reason

There are two kinds of men who never amount to much: those who cannot do what they are told, and read more

There are two kinds of men who never amount to much: those who cannot do what they are told, and those who can do nothing else.

Obedience is the mother of success and is wedded to safety

Obedience is the mother of success and is wedded to safety

Obedience alone gives the right to command

Obedience alone gives the right to command

One act of obedience is better than one hundred sermons.

One act of obedience is better than one hundred sermons.

It is much safer to obey, than to govern.

It is much safer to obey, than to govern.

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

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.