There is nothing more dangerous than to build a society, with a large segment of people in that society, who feel that they have no stake in it who feel that they have nothing to lose. People who have a stake in their society, protect that society, but when they don't have it, they unconsciously want to destroy it.
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Of course, there is nothing new about this kind of civil disobedience. It was seen sublimely in the refusal of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego to obey the laws of Nebuchadnezzar because a higher moral law was involved. It was practiced superbly by the early Christians who were willing to face hungry lions and the excruciating pain of chopping blocks, before submitting to certain unjust laws of the Roman empire.
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If a man hasn't discovered something he will die for, he isn't fit to live.
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The old law about 'an eye for an eye' leaves everybody blind.
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We cannot be truly Christian people so long as we flaunt the central teachings of Jesus brotherly love and the Golden Rule.
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