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Government is at best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments are sometimes, inexpedient.

Henry David Thoreau Civil...
Government is at best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments are sometimes, inexpedient.

I do not wish to quarrel with any man or nation. I do not wish to split hairs, to make fine distinctions, or set myself up as better than my neighbors. I seek rather, I may say, even an excuse for...

Henry David Thoreau Civil...
I do not wish to quarrel with any man or nation. I do not wish to split hairs, to make fine distinctions, or set myself up as better than my neighbors. I seek rather, I may say, even an excuse for conforming to the laws of the land. I am but too ready to conform to them.

A minority is powerless while it conforms to the majority.

Henry David Thoreau Civil...
A minority is powerless while it conforms to the majority.

One day you will be called upon to break a big law in the name of justice and rationality. Everything will depend on it. You have to be ready. How are you going to prepare for that day when it really...

James C. Scott Two Cheers for...
One day you will be called upon to break a big law in the name of justice and rationality. Everything will depend on it. You have to be ready. How are you going to prepare for that day when it really matters? You have to stay in shape so that when the big day comes you will be ready. What you need is anarchist calisthenics. Every day or so break some trivial law that makes no sense, even if it's only jaywalking. Use your own head to judge whether a law is just or reasonable. That way, you'll keep trim; and when the big day comes, you'll be ready.

A very few, such as heroes, patriots, martyrs, reformers in the profound sense, and men, serve the State with their consciences also, and so necessarily resist it for the most part; and they are...

Henry David Thoreau Civil...
A very few, such as heroes, patriots, martyrs, reformers in the profound sense, and men, serve the State with their consciences also, and so necessarily resist it for the most part; and they are commonly treated by it as enemies.

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

Henry David Thoreau Civil...
It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right.
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