Definition of Disobedience

Disobedience

Neglect or refusal to obey; violation of a command or prohibition.

Related Definitions:

Command, Neglect, Obey, Of, Or, Prohibition, Refusal, To, Violation

Quote of the Day

Enjoy five great Quotes of the Day

Your Favorite Topics

Love Quotes
Life Quotes
Funny Quotes
Friendship Quotes
Wisdom Quotes
Motivational Quotes
Inspirational Quotes

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

I have always looked on disobedience toward the oppressive as the only way to use the miracle of having been born.
Oriana Fallaci

I believe that Gandhi was correct. Non-violent civil disobedience is the only way to bring about change that allows people to enjoy the change and not get killed in the process.
Edward James Olmos

Obedience is an act of faith; disobedience is the result of unbelief.
Edwin Louis Cole

Whenever there is authority, there is a natural inclination to disobedience.
Thomas Chandler Haliburton

By his disobedience of God's law, before man had exercised his power to bring children into the earth, not only Adam lost everything for himself, but his children were born as sinners, imperfect, and without the right to live.
Joseph Franklin Rutherford

I honestly do not know if civil disobedience has any effect on the government. I can promise you it has a great effect on the person who chooses to do it.
Martin Sheen

My first civil disobedience arrest for social justice was in 1986 for protesting the SDI.
Martin Sheen

Yes, what has happened is we have moved from responding to these terrorist attacks as acts of civil disobedience to getting to the point after September 11 that we said, no, this is not just civil disobedience, this is an act of war.
Marsha Blackburn

I find this proposed amendment very, very, very, very shocking. And immoral. And, you know, if civil disobedience is the way to go about change, then I think a lot of people will be going to San Francisco.
Rosie O'Donnell