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Quotations about obedience

Henry David ThoreauDisobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.

 - Henry David Thoreau

Tags:   liberty  obedience  slavery  

David HumeAn established government has an infinite advantage by that very circumstance of its being established--the bulk of mankind being governed by authority, not reason, and never attributing authority to anything that has not the recommendation of antiquity.

 - David Hume

Tags:   authority  government  obedience  

Jame MattisThere are hunters and there are victims. By your discipline, cunning, obedience and alertness, you will decide if you are a hunter or a victim.

 - Jame Mattis

Tags:   discipline  hunters  obedience  victims