passive resistance

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Let's hope we see more passive resistance coming from the rest of the federal employees.

From Salon • Dec. 13, 2024

Then he goes into a passive resistance mode.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 2, 2024

The United States was different, too, deprived of the eloquence and passive resistance against racism that King espoused and burdened with the war in Vietnam for five more years.

From Washington Post • Apr. 4, 2023

The group’s fliers, quoting from Goethe, Schiller, Aristotle, Lao Tzu and the Bible, urged passive resistance and sabotage of the Nazi project.

From New York Times • Mar. 10, 2023

“We shall say quite frankly that if noncooperation and passive resistance constitute high treason, then we are guilty. But these are plainly not encompassed in the law of treason.”

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela