Obedience alone gives the right to command.

Obedience alone gives the right to command.

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.

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.

One act of obedience is better than one hundred sermons.

One act of obedience is better than one hundred sermons.

Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.

Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.

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.

Obedience alone gives the right to command

Obedience alone gives the right to command

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.