If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the...

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the...

As for doing good; that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I...

As for doing good; that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I...

The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I...

The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I...

That man is rich whose pleasures are the cheapest.

That man is rich whose pleasures are the cheapest.

It is the greatest of all advantages to enjoy no advantage at all.

It is the greatest of all advantages to enjoy no advantage at all.

I have received no more than one or two letters in my life that were...

I have received no more than one or two letters in my life that were...

I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.

I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.

Nature and human life are as various as our several constitutions. Who shall say what...

Nature and human life are as various as our several constitutions. Who shall say what...

I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for...

I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for...

Nothing goes by luck in composition. It allows of no tricks. The best you can...

Nothing goes by luck in composition. It allows of no tricks. The best you can...

Only that day dawns to which we are awake.

Only that day dawns to which we are awake.

Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit,...

Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit,...

Good for the body is the work of the body, and good for the soul...

Good for the body is the work of the body, and good for the soul...

Night is certainly more novel and less profane than day.

Night is certainly more novel and less profane than day.

A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one...

A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one...

I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the...

I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the...

Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is...

Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is...

This American government what is it but a tradition, though a recent one, endeavoring to...

This American government what is it but a tradition, though a recent one, endeavoring to...

History, in general, only informs us of what bad government is.

History, in general, only informs us of what bad government is.