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

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends... Sell your...

Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends... Sell your...

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...

I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be...

I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be...

How often we find ourselves turning our backs on our actual friends, that we might...

How often we find ourselves turning our backs on our actual friends, that we might...

Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.

Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.

If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.

If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the...

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the...

The true harvest of my life is intangible - a little star dust caught, a...

The true harvest of my life is intangible - a little star dust caught, a...

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...

The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must...

The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must...

It is never too late to give up our prejudices.

It is never too late to give up our prejudices.

Being is the great explainer.

Being is the great explainer.

The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.

The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.

Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.

Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.

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...

The way by which you may get money almost without exception leads downward.

The way by which you may get money almost without exception leads downward.

Glances of true beauty can be seen in the faces of those who live in...

Glances of true beauty can be seen in the faces of those who live in...

Who if I cried out, would hear me among the angel's hierarchies? and even if...

Who if I cried out, would hear me among the angel's hierarchies? and even if...

In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in...

In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in...