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... true civil disobedience ... compels the state to resort to power.

Archibald Cox

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Archibald Cox
Age: 92 †
Born: 1912
Born: May 12
Died: 2004
Died: May 29
Former United States Solicitor General
Jurist
Lawyer
Plainfield
New Jersey
Civil
State
True
Power
States
Compels
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Disobedience

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