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On the recordNovember 16, 2011
I don't consider civil disobedience to be violating other people's rights.
Said by
Peter King
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Peter King expresses his view that the actions of the protesters were not civil disobedience but rather violations of others' rights.

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