Peace and Dissent

It's the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners.
- Albert Camus

To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.
- Teddy Roosevelt

Loyalty in character means absolute obedience that does not question the results of the order nor its reasons, but rather obeys for the sake of obedience itself. Such obedience is an expression of heroic character when following the order leads to personal disadvantage or seems even to contradict one's personal convictions.
- Rudolf Hess, 25 February 1934, "The Oath to Adolf Hitler"