disobedience
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He embraced and promoted the ethos of non-violent civil disobedience, helping to organise strikes, boycotts and street demonstrations.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026
You would more honestly call nonalignment a refusal to comply with human instruction, or disobedience.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
In a landmark speech in 1949, he argued that once constitutional avenues existed, methods such as fasting and civil disobedience should give way to democratic processes, warning that otherwise they became the "grammar of anarchy".
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
“Particularly when your disobedience threatens to upend how the business makes money. In Hollywood you can be an addict, be a philanderer, be outspoken. But don’t disrupt the cash flow.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026
This was an act of disobedience the committee could not tolerate.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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