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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This world is but canvas to our imaginations

This world is but canvas to our imaginations

I have heard of a dog that barked at every stranger who approached his master's...

I have heard of a dog that barked at every stranger who approached his master's...

It takes two to speak truth, one to speak and another to hear.

It takes two to speak truth, one to speak and another to hear.

While civilization has been improving our houses, it has not equally improved the men who...

While civilization has been improving our houses, it has not equally improved the men who...

Those whom we can love, we can hate; to others we are indifferent.

Those whom we can love, we can hate; to others we are indifferent.

Nothing is so much to be feared as fear

Nothing is so much to be feared as fear

As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will...

As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will...

God reigns when we take a liberal view, when a liberal view is presented to...

God reigns when we take a liberal view, when a liberal view is presented to...

There are moments when all anxiety and stated toil are becalmed in the infinite leisure...

There are moments when all anxiety and stated toil are becalmed in the infinite leisure...

Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and...

Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and...

I have a great deal of company in the house, especially in the morning when...

I have a great deal of company in the house, especially in the morning when...

We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches.

We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches.

We have not so good a right to hate any as our Friend.

We have not so good a right to hate any as our Friend.

Thought is the sculptor who can create the person you want to be.

Thought is the sculptor who can create the person you want to be.

Friends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams.

Friends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams.

We are constantly invited to be who we are.

We are constantly invited to be who we are.

Music is perpetual, and only the hearing is intermittent.

Music is perpetual, and only the hearing is intermittent.

It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for law, so much as a respect...

It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for law, so much as a respect...

Lawyers (are) operators of the toll bridge across which anyone in search of justice has...

Lawyers (are) operators of the toll bridge across which anyone in search of justice has...

The minute you read something that you can't understand, you can almost be sure that...

The minute you read something that you can't understand, you can almost be sure that...