"[There is] a duty in refusing to..." - Quote by Albert Einstein
[There is] a duty in refusing to cooperate in any undertaking that violates the Constitutional rights of the individual. This holds in particular for all inquisitions that are concerned with the private life and the political affiliations of the citizens.
More by Albert Einstein
“If I were not a Jew I would be a Quaker.”
“Artists and creative workers - people who have accomplished work worthwhile have had a very high sense of the way to do things. They haven't been contented with mediocrity. They haven't confined themselves to the beaten tracks; they have never been satisfied to do things just as others do them, but always a little better. Few are those who see with their own eyesand feel with their own hearts.”
“Real sign of intelligence isn't knoweldge, it's imagination”
More on Freedom
“Democracy is the superior form of government, because it is based on a respect for man as a reasonable being.”
“A piece of freedom is no longer enough for human beings...unlike bread, a slice of liberty does not finish hunger. Freedom is like life. It cannot be had in installments. Freedom is indivisible--we have it all, or we are not free.”
“Each of us deserves the freedom to pursue our own version of happiness. No one deserves to be bullied.”
More on Justice
“We're not trying to take power away or rule anybody - we're just trying to get up from under the rulers.”
“The Negroes of America had taken the President, the press and the pulpit at their word when they spoke in broad terms of freedom and justice. But the absence of brutality and unregenerate evil is not the presence of justice. To stay murder is not the same thing as to ordain brotherhood.”
“Men like Henry George [ the pioneer of land value taxation] are rare, unfortunately. One cannot imagine a more beautiful combination of intellectual keenness, artistic form, and fervent love of justice.”