WHY IS MAN SO PRONE TO OBEY AND WHY IS IT SO DIFFICULT FOR HIM TO DISOBEY? AS LONG AS I AM OBEDIENT TO THE POWER OF THE STATE, THE CHURCH, OR PUBLIC OPINION, I FEEL SAFE AND PROTECTED. IN ORDER TO DISOBEY, ONE MUST HAVE THE COURAGE TO BE ALONE, TO ERR AND TO SIN. BUT COURAGE IS NOT ENOUGH. A PERSON CAN BECOME FREE THROUGH ACTS OF DISOBEDIENCE BY LEARNING TO SAY NO TO POWER. BUT NOT ONLY IS THE CAPACITY FOR DISOBEDIENCE THE CONDITION FOR FREEDOM; FREEDOM IS ALSO THE CONDITION FOR DISOBEDIENCE.

ERICH FROMM