It is my contention that civil disobediences are nothing but the latest form of voluntary association, and that they are thus quite in tune with the oldest traditions of the country.

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The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well,...

The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well,...

The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution.

The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution.

The point, as Marx saw it, is that dreams never come true.

The point, as Marx saw it, is that dreams never come true.

The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon...

The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon...

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.

The ceaseless, senseless demand for original scholarship in a number of fields, where only erudition...

The ceaseless, senseless demand for original scholarship in a number of fields, where only erudition...

We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing...

We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing...

It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once...

It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once...

No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that...

No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that...

Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people...

Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people...

Few girls are as well shaped as a good horse.

Few girls are as well shaped as a good horse.

Nothing we use or hear or touch can be expressed in words that equal what...

Nothing we use or hear or touch can be expressed in words that equal what...

Only crime and the criminal, it is true, confront us with the perplexity of radical...

Only crime and the criminal, it is true, confront us with the perplexity of radical...

To think and to be fully alive are the same.

To think and to be fully alive are the same.

The earth is the very quintessence of the human condition.

The earth is the very quintessence of the human condition.

Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless.

Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless.

Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech...

Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech...

This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the...

This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the...

The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which...

The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which...

These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties.

These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties.