"3. obstructionism or passive sabotage, which consists in carrying out orders literally, regardless of consequences.
"The Red Conspiracy"
Joseph J. Mereto
Not even by the members of those professions, generally regarded as the strongholds of obstructionism and prejudice, has a more short-sighted opposition often been made to the attempts of woman to enter new fields of labour, than have again and again been made by male hand-workers, whether as isolated individuals or in their corporate capacity as trade unions.
"Woman and Labour"
Olive Schreiner
On several occasions since 1871 the Reichstag has been dissolved with the sheer intent of putting an end to its obstructionism.
"The Governments of Europe"
Frederic Austin Ogg