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.

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.

Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.

Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.

Liberty is obedience to the law which one has laid down for oneself

Liberty is obedience to the law which one has laid down for oneself

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.

Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.

Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.

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.

Wicked men obey from fear; good men, from love.

Wicked men obey from fear; good men, from love.

God seeks comrades and claims love, the Devil seeksslaves and claims obedience.

God seeks comrades and claims love, the Devil seeksslaves and claims obedience.