Sedition Act

Sedition Act may refer to:

  • Alien and Sedition Acts, including the Sedition Act of 1798, laws passed by the United States Congress
  • Sedition Act 1661, an English statute that largely relates to treason
  • Sedition Act of 1918, also passed by the United States Congress
  • Sedition Act (Malaysia), a law in Malaysia
  • Sedition Act (Singapore), a law in Singapore

Famous quotes containing the words sedition and/or act:

    It is dangerous to tell the people that the laws are unjust; for they obey them only because they think them just. Therefore it is necessary to tell them at the same time that they must obey them because they are laws, just as they must obey superiors, not because they are just, but because they are superiors. In this way all sedition is prevented.
    Blaise Pascal (1623–1662)

    It has often been argued that absolute scepticism is self-contradictory; but this is a mistake: and even if it were not so, it would be no argument against the absolute sceptic, inasmuch as he does not admit that no contradictory propositions are true. Indeed, it would be impossible to move such a man, for his scepticism consists in considering every argument and never deciding upon its validity; he would, therefore, act in this way in reference to the arguments brought against him.
    Charles Sanders Peirce (1839–1914)