Quoted in the documentary Art in a Word by Vera Baghiroli, qoob tv (22 July 2008).
“One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.”
“Intelligent men are cruel. Stupid men are monstrously cruel.”
The Star Rover
Variant: Intelligent men are cruel. Stupid men are monstrously cruel
The Pageant of Life (1964), On Planning for a Better World
“What are we allowed to do when we’re looking for things we’re required to do?”
You Shall Know Our Velocity! (2002)
1960s, Letter from a Birmingham Jail (1963)
Source: Letter from the Birmingham Jail
Context: One may well ask: "How can you advocate breaking some laws and obeying others?" The answer lies in the fact that there are two types of laws: just and unjust. I would be the first to advocate obeying just laws. One has not only a legal, but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws. I would agree with St. Augustine that "an unjust law is no law at all."
A "tweet" by John Cleese on his @JohnCleese [verified] Twitter account, 4 Apr 2017
“We’re too stupid to decide on EU (that includes me)”
“The Turk is cruel, but he is perfectly stupid, and is no match for the sagacious Albanian.”
New York Times (September 12th, 1912) http://www.thealbanians.com/historical_press/issa_boletini.htm.
“That’s the best thing about being dead. It’s like being stupid. It’s only painful for others.”
“Other things being equal, it is better to be smart than to be stupid.”
Source: Cosmos (1980), p. 284
