The Law of Love, call it attraction, affinity, cohesion if you like, governs the world.

Nonviolence is the law of the human race and is infinitely greater than, and superior to, brute force.

An unjust law in itself is an act of violence.

A good person will resist an evil system with his whole soul. Disobedience of the laws of an evil state is therefore a duty.

Democracy comes naturally to him who is habituated normally to yield willing obedience to all laws, human or divine.

Complete civil disobedience is a state of peaceful rebellion, a refusal to obey every single state-made law.