George Carlin - Noam Chomsky - Herman Melville - Adolf Hitler - Howard Zinn - Josemaria Escriva - William Shakespeare - H Rider Haggard - I Samuel 12:14&15 - Koran 4:59 - Koran 4:69 - Robert G Ingersoll - Soren Kierkegaard - Niccolo Machiavelli - Napoleon Bonaparte - Obey 2013 -
The obedient always think of themselves as virtuous rather than cowardly. George Carlin
International affairs is very much run like the Mafia. The godfather does not accept disobedience, even from a small storekeeper who doesn’t pay his protection money. You have to have obedience; otherwise, the idea can spread that you don’t have to listen to the orders, and it can spread to important places. Noam Chomsky
The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum. Noam Chomsky, The Common Good
And if we obey God, we must disobey ourselves; and it is in this disobeying ourselves, wherein the hardness of obeying God consists. Herman Melville, Moby Dick
The great time has only begun. Germany has awoken. We have won power in Germany. Now we must win over the German people ... You mustn’t act yourself, you must obey, you must give in, you must submit to this overwhelming need to obey. Adolf Hitler
Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience. Howard Zinn
Obedience, the sure way. Blind obedience to your superior, the way of sanctity. Josemaria Escriva, The Way 941, founder Opus Dei
I shall remember: When Caear says ‘Do this’ it is performed. William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar I ii 12-13
She who must be obeyed. H Rider Haggard, She, 1887
If ye will fear the Lord, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the Lord, then shall both ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue following the Lord your God:
But if ye will not obey the voice of the Lord, but rebel against the commandment of the Lord, then shall the hand of the Lord be against you, as it was against your fathers. I Samuel 12:14&15
O ye who believe! Obey Allah, and obey the messenger and those of you who are in authority; and if ye have a dispute concerning any matter, refer it to Allah and the messenger if ye are (in truth) believers in Allah and the Last Day. That is better and more seemly in the end. Koran 4:59
Whoso obeyeth Allah and the messenger, they are with those unto whom Allah hath shown favour, of the prophets and the saints and the martyrs and the righteous. The best of company are they! Koran 4:69
It has always seemed absurd to suppose that a god would choose for his companions, during all eternity, the dear souls whose highest and only ambition is to obey. Robert G Ingersoll, The Gods and Other Lectures
It is so hard to believe because it is so hard to obey. Soren Kierkegaard
He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command. Niccolo Machiavelli
I can no longer obey; I have tasted command, and I cannot give it up. Napoleon Bonaparte
At any given moment there is an orthodoxy: a body of idea which is assumed that all right-thinking people will accept without question. Obey, 2013