Henry David Thoreau Quote

The character inherent in the American people has done all that has been accomplished; and it would have done somewhat more, if the government had not sometimes got in its way.


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


The character inherent in the American people has done all that has been accomplished; and it would have done somewhat more, if the government had...

The character inherent in the American people has done all that has been accomplished; and it would have done somewhat more, if the government had...

The character inherent in the American people has done all that has been accomplished; and it would have done somewhat more, if the government had...

The character inherent in the American people has done all that has been accomplished; and it would have done somewhat more, if the government had...