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


Civil Disobedience (1849)

Henry David Thoreau Quotes

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

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

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

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