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Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.

Thomas Jefferson
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God bless thee; and put meekness in thy mind, love, charity, obedience, and true duty!

William Shakespeare
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I know the power obedience has of making things easy which seem impossible.

Saint Teresa Of Avila
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In a republic the first rule for the guidance of the citizen is obedience of the law.

Calvin Coolidge
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A great work of art is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty.

Nadia Boulanger
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Religion is more like response to a friend than it is like obedience to an expert.

Austin Farrer
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There was a time when we expected nothing of our children but obedience, as opposed to the present, when we expect everything of them but obedience.

Anatole Broyard
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Obedience to lawful authority is the foundation of manly character.

Robert E. Lee
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When you think of the long and gloomy history of man, you will find more hideous crimes have been committed in the name of obedience than have ever been committed in the name of rebellion.

C. P. Snow
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We admit no faith to be justifying, which is not itself and in its own nature a spiritually vital principle of obedience and good works.

John Owen
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Our righteousness is in Him, and our hope depends, not upon the exercise of grace in us, but upon the fullness of grace and love in Him, and upon His obedience unto death.

John Newton
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Justice requires that to lawfully constituted Authority there be given that respect and obedience which is its due; that the laws which are made shall be in wise conformity with the common good; and that, as a matter of conscience all men shall render obedience to these laws.

Pope Pius XI
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If men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail.

Ulysses S. Grant
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When someone demands blind obedience, you'd be a fool not to peek.

Jim Fiebig
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It's basic obedience. The dog must stay calm and not show any signs of aggression.

Beth Gerbert
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'When you think of the long and gloomy history of man, you find that more hideous crimes have been committed in the name of obedience than have ever been committed in the name of rebellion.'

Carrie P. Snow
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War means blind obedience, unthinking stupidity, brutish callousness, wanton destruction, and irresponsible murder.

Alexander Berkman
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I have thought about it a great deal, and the more I think, the more certain I am that obedience is the gateway through which knowledge, yes, and love, too, enter the mind of the child.

Anne Sullivan
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Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.

Douglas Bader
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Obedience keeps the rules. Love knows when to break them.

Anthony De Mello
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A boy can learn a lot from a dog: obedience, loyalty, and the importance of turning around three times before lying down.

Robert Benchley
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Out of obedience to you and my mother I have grievously sinned. Now I willingly relinquish the crown. May I not go home?

Jane Grey
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Marriage, A History: From Obedience to Intimacy, or How Love Conquered Marriage.

Stephanie Coontz
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Strength was the virtue of paganism; obedience is the virtue of Christianity.

David Hare
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In obedience there is always fear, and fear darkens the mind.

Krishnamurti
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One act of obedience is better than one hundred sermons.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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[In the May/June 2001 edition of] Pen & Sword, ... an obedient follower of Jesus Christ who is actively engaged in making disciples by teaching obedience of everything Jesus has commanded us in self, family, congregation and neighborhood.

Jim Russell
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That is the biggie for dogs. They need a lot of love, a lot of attention - but exercise and structure, in terms of obedience.

Tami Hall
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