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

Topics: Government Quotes

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.

Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.

If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag...

If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag...

How novel and original must be each new mans view of the universe - for...

How novel and original must be each new mans view of the universe - for...

Every man casts a shadow; not his body only, but his imperfectly mingled spirit. This...

Every man casts a shadow; not his body only, but his imperfectly mingled spirit. This...

What old people say you cannot do, you try and find that you can. Old...

What old people say you cannot do, you try and find that you can. Old...

The Canadians of those days, at least, possessed a roving spirit of adventure which carried...

The Canadians of those days, at least, possessed a roving spirit of adventure which carried...

It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What...

It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What...

Books can only reveal us to ourselves, and as often as they do us this...

Books can only reveal us to ourselves, and as often as they do us this...

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

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

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.

Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth

Water is the only drink for a wise man.

Water is the only drink for a wise man.

Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.

Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.

The works of the great poets have never yet been read by mankind, for only...

The works of the great poets have never yet been read by mankind, for only...

Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

If you give money, spend yourself with it.

If you give money, spend yourself with it.

Money is a bottomless sea, in which honor, conscience, and truth may be drowned

Money is a bottomless sea, in which honor, conscience, and truth may be drowned

Nowadays nothing but money counts: a fortune brings honors, friendships, the poor man everywhere lies...

Nowadays nothing but money counts: a fortune brings honors, friendships, the poor man everywhere lies...