No man with a genius for legislation has appeared in America. They are rare in the history of the world. There are orators, politicians, and eloquent men, by the thousand; but the speaker has not yet opened his mouth to speak who is capable of settling the much-vexed questions of the day.


Civil Disobedience (1849)

Henry David Thoreau Quotes

No man with a genius for legislation has appeared in America. They are rare in the history of the world. There are orators, politicians, and eloquent ...

No man with a genius for legislation has appeared in America. They are rare in the history of the world. There are orators, politicians, and eloquent ...

No man with a genius for legislation has appeared in America. They are rare in the history of the world. There are orators, politicians, and eloquent ...

No man with a genius for legislation has appeared in America. They are rare in the history of the world. There are orators, politicians, and eloquent ...