Henry David Thoreau Quote

The government itself, which is only the mode which the people have chosen to execute their will, is equally liable to be abused and perverted before the people can act through it.


A Yankee in Canada: With Anti-slavery and Reform Papers (ed. 1866)


The government itself, which is only the mode which the people have chosen to execute their will, is equally liable to be abused and perverted before ...

The government itself, which is only the mode which the people have chosen to execute their will, is equally liable to be abused and perverted before ...

The government itself, which is only the mode which the people have chosen to execute their will, is equally liable to be abused and perverted before ...

The government itself, which is only the mode which the people have chosen to execute their will, is equally liable to be abused and perverted before ...