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The problem in this world is not civil disobedience...th e problem in this world is civil obedience.


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We don't have to engage in grand, heroic actions to participate in the process of change. Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world.

We don't have to engage in grand, heroic actions to participate in the process of change. Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world.



Hope is essential to any political struggle for radical change when the overall social climate promotes disillusionment and despair.

Hope is essential to any political struggle for radical change when the overall social climate promotes disillusionment and despair.



But remember, this power of the people on top depends on the obedience of the people below. When people stop obeying, they have no power.

But remember, this power of the people on top depends on the obedience of the people below. When people stop obeying, they have no power.



But I suppose the most revolutionary act one can engage in is... to tell the truth.

But I suppose the most revolutionary act one can engage in is... to tell the truth.



Education can, and should be, dangerous.

Education can, and should be, dangerous.



There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people.

There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people.



Protest beyond the law is not a departure from democracy; it is absolutely essential to it.

Protest beyond the law is not a departure from democracy; it is absolutely essential to it.



Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world.

Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world.



They have the guns, we have the poets. Therefore, we will win.

They have the guns, we have the poets. Therefore, we will win.



Historically, the most terrible things - war, genocide, and slavery - have resulted not from disobedience, but from obedience.

Historically, the most terrible things - war, genocide, and slavery - have resulted not from disobedience, but from obedience.





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Don't look around for the path you are meant to follow, forge it yourself.

Don't look around for the path you are meant to follow, forge it yourself.



The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age to age, nothing changes and yet everything is completely different.

The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age to age, nothing changes and yet everything is completely different.



It's not the side-effects of the cocaine - I'm thinking that it must be love. It's too late to be grateful, It's too late to be hateful, It's too late to be late again, The European cannon is here.

It's not the side-effects of the cocaine - I'm thinking that it must be love. It's too late to be grateful, It's too late to be hateful, It's too late to be late again, The European cannon is here.



Human beings only use ten percent of their brains. Ten percent! Can you imagine how much we could accomplish if we used the other sixty percent?

Human beings only use ten percent of their brains. Ten percent! Can you imagine how much we could accomplish if we used the other sixty percent?



I was very lucky with 'Soap' and 'Who's the Boss,' which was great fun, and then went on 'Coach' and 'Everybody Loves Raymond.' I've been truly blessed, and the work has all been fun and a joy.

I was very lucky with 'Soap' and 'Who's the Boss,' which was great fun, and then went on 'Coach' and 'Everybody Loves Raymond.' I've been truly blessed, and the work has all been fun and a joy.



Thank you for keeping it a secret. There aren't many of those in this tribe.

Thank you for keeping it a secret. There aren't many of those in this tribe.



You see, we didn't know.

You see, we didn't know.



We must suffer in order to go to God. We forget this truth far too often.

We must suffer in order to go to God. We forget this truth far too often.



Most actors make themselves unhappy by searching for their sanity, by insisting on their normalcy; it's a grave mistake.

Most actors make themselves unhappy by searching for their sanity, by insisting on their normalcy; it's a grave mistake.




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