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Obedience alone gives the right to command.
Obedience alone gives the right to command.
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
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.
One act of obedience is better than one hundred sermons.
One act of obedience is better than one hundred sermons.
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.
There is no shame in taking orders from those who themselves have learned to obey.
There is no shame in taking orders from those who themselves have learned to obey.
There was a time when we expected nothing of our children but obedience, as opposed to the present, when we read more
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.
The soldier does not wish to appear a coward, disloyal, or un-American. The situation has been so defined that he read more
The soldier does not wish to appear a coward, disloyal, or un-American. The situation has been so defined that he can see himself as patriotic, courageous, and manly only through compliance.
Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.
Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.