Civil Disobedience

On Disobedience - Eric Fromm

"internalized authority is so much more effective than the authority which is clearly experience as not being part of me? what do you mean by this quote?

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Basically he says that "My conviction and my judgment, if authentically mine, are part of me. If I follow them rather than the judgment of others, I am being myself..." Following ones own value system is far more authentic and worthy of respect than following a set of values prescribed by a leader or government. 

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