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  • "Disobeyed his orders flatly," suggested Captain Snaffle, who stood by the colonel on every occasion when not himself the object of that officer's satire or censure.

    Lanier of the Cavalry or, A Week's Arrest Charles King 1888

  • (See The Man Who Disobeyed, by A.J. Smithers.) [p. 279] 4.

    Watershed 2010

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    OpEdNews - Quicklink: Unconstitutional Orders Must Be Disobeyed 2006

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    OpEdNews - Quicklink: Unconstitutional Orders Must Be Disobeyed 2006

  • Let us weep for our country, where medals are awarded for the imaginary sinking of non-existent British ships, where we are obliged to stand and salute during radio news bulletins, where the speeches of a lunatic are treated as sacred texts and a million copies printed, where the Lunatic in question is like a conductor Who Himself attempts to play simultaneously all the instruments of the orchestra, Who is like a power station connected to a single broken bulb, Who has had Himself filmed winning tennis matches against professionals in games umpired by the Minister for Propaganda, Who is the Most Disobeyed Man in History because everyone knows that every order will be shortly countermanded.

    Captain Corelli's Mandolin De Bernieres, Louis 2003

  • (See The Man Who Disobeyed, by A.J. Smithers.) [p. 279] 4.

    Flashman And The Tiger Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1999

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