The character inherent in the American people has done all that has been accomplished; and it would have done somewhat more, if the government had not sometimes got in its way.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Topics: Government Quotes

Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something.

Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something.

Behave so the aroma of your actions may enhance the general sweetness of the atmosphere.

Behave so the aroma of your actions may enhance the general sweetness of the atmosphere.

A friend is one who incessantly pays us the compliment of expecting from us all...

A friend is one who incessantly pays us the compliment of expecting from us all...

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost. There...

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost. There...

The lawyer's truth is not Truth, but consistency or a consistent expediency.

The lawyer's truth is not Truth, but consistency or a consistent expediency.

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...

Poverty - it is life near the bone, where it is sweetest

Poverty - it is life near the bone, where it is sweetest

Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new.

Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new.

Fame is not just. She never finely or discriminatingly praises, but coarsely hurrahs.

Fame is not just. She never finely or discriminatingly praises, but coarsely hurrahs.

Faith keeps many doubts in her pay. If I could not doubt, I should not...

Faith keeps many doubts in her pay. If I could not doubt, I should not...

Men will lie on their backs, talking about the fall of man, and never make...

Men will lie on their backs, talking about the fall of man, and never make...

If it is surely the means to the highest end we know, can any work...

If it is surely the means to the highest end we know, can any work...

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...

May we so love as never to have occasion to repent of our love!

May we so love as never to have occasion to repent of our love!

I have seen how the foundations of the world are laid, and I have not...

I have seen how the foundations of the world are laid, and I have not...

No doubt another may also think for me; but it is not therefore desirable that...

No doubt another may also think for me; but it is not therefore desirable that...

Politics is the gizzard of society, full of grit and gravel, and the two political...

Politics is the gizzard of society, full of grit and gravel, and the two political...

Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they...

Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they...

Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Don't walk behind me; I...

Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Don't walk behind me; I...

When one has love for God, one doesn't feel any physical attraction to wife, children,...

When one has love for God, one doesn't feel any physical attraction to wife, children,...