Logo
I think that we should be men first, and subjects afterward. It is

I think that we should be men first, and subjects afterward. It is not so desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right. – Henry David Thoreau, Civil Disobedience, 1849

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Civil Disobedience
category

I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do. – Robert A. Heinlein, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress

Category:
Civil Disobedience

It is necessary to distinguish between the virtue and the vice of obedience. – Lemuel K. Washburn, Is The Bible Worth Reading And Other Essays, 1911

Category:
Civil Disobedience

As long as the world shall last there will be wrongs, and if no man objected and no man rebelled, those wrongs would last forever. – Clarence Darrow

Category:
Civil Disobedience

Random Quotes

Throughout human history, the apostles of purity, those who have claimed to possess a total explanation, have wrought havoc among mere mixed-up human beings. – Salman Rushdie

Category:
History

The man who never dreams, goes slowly mad. – Thomas Dolby

Category:
Dreams

To read a poem is to hear it with our eyes to hear it is to see it with our ears. – Octavio Paz

Category:
Poetry

Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself. – Plutarch

Category:
Happiness