"There have been many great examples of civil disobedience in our history. Those who have chosen to commit these acts have changed the fabric of our society, and have often faced outrage, imprisonment and violence in the process."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/020607S.shtml

If you have to beg “permission’ to do something that doesn’t harm anybody or anything, guess what? You’re either a child or a slave.

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"All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." - Schopenhauer