"I am wont to think that men..." - Quote by Henry David Thoreau
I am wont to think that men are not so much the keepers of herds as herds are the keepers of men. The former are so much the freer.
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“If however the law is so promulgated that it of necessity makes you an agent of injustices against another, then I say to you ... break the law.”
“Of what use the friendliest disposition even, if there are no hours given to Friendship, if it is forever postponed to unimportant duties and relations? Friendship first, Friendship last.”
“If it is surely the means to the highest end we know, can any work be humble or disgusting? Will it not rather be elevating as a ladder, the means by which we are translated?”
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“External conditions can, to a certain extent, reduce, but never cancel individual repsonsibility.”
“We have used up all our inherited freedom, like the young bird the albumen in the egg. It is not an era of repose. If we would save our lives, we must fight for them.”
“You are either free or not free”
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“Men have come to such a pass that they frequently starve, not for want of necessaries, but for want of luxuries.”
“Kids don't make up 100 percent of our population, but they do make up 100 percent of our future.”
“We'd also have to infiltrate the army too, because they are well trained to kill us all.”