Any man knows when he is justified, and all the wits in the world cannot enlighten him on that point. The murderer always knows that he is justly punished; but when a government takes the life of a man without the consent of his conscience, it is an audacious government, and is taking a step towards its own dissolution.


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

Henry David Thoreau Quotes

Any man knows when he is justified, and all the wits in the world cannot enlighten him on that point. The murderer always knows that he is justly...

Any man knows when he is justified, and all the wits in the world cannot enlighten him on that point. The murderer always knows that he is justly...

Any man knows when he is justified, and all the wits in the world cannot enlighten him on that point. The murderer always knows that he is justly...

Any man knows when he is justified, and all the wits in the world cannot enlighten him on that point. The murderer always knows that he is justly...