{"id":584,"date":"2009-05-16T10:48:10","date_gmt":"2009-05-16T10:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/onecity\/2009\/05\/quote-of-the-day-civil-disobedience.html"},"modified":"2009-05-16T10:48:10","modified_gmt":"2009-05-16T10:48:10","slug":"quote-of-the-day-civil-disobedience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/onecity\/2009\/05\/quote-of-the-day-civil-disobedience.html","title":{"rendered":"Quote of the Day: Civil Disobedience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.quotegarden.com\/civil-disobedience.html\">Civildisobedience<\/a>becomes a sacred duty when the state has become lawless or corrupt. Anda citizen who barters with such a state shares in its corruption andlawlessness&#8230;Everycitizen is responsible for every act of his government&#8230;Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty ascooperationwith good&#8230;<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<b>M.K. Gandhi<\/b><\/p>\n<p>On an unrelated note, if you are in NYC by any chance, join us in Tompkins Square Park Sunday May 17 to help put an end to the ecological disaster of <a href=\"http:\/\/theidproject.com\/evt_rcclose.htm\">plastic bags<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/revbilly.com\/\">Reverend Billy<\/a> (below) and <a href=\"http:\/\/noimpactman.typepad.com\/\">No Impact Man<\/a> will be there, will you?<\/p>\n<p> <object height=\"344\" width=\"425\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/sGi21YQFjMM&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/sGi21YQFjMM&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" height=\"344\" width=\"425\"><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Civildisobediencebecomes a sacred duty when the state has become lawless or corrupt. 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