Those who, while they disapprove of the character and measures of a government, yield to it their allegiance and support are undoubtedly its most conscientious supporters, and so frequently the most serious obstacles to reform.


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

Henry David Thoreau Quotes

Those who, while they disapprove of the character and measures of a government, yield to it their allegiance and support are undoubtedly its most...

Those who, while they disapprove of the character and measures of a government, yield to it their allegiance and support are undoubtedly its most...

Those who, while they disapprove of the character and measures of a government, yield to it their allegiance and support are undoubtedly its most...

Those who, while they disapprove of the character and measures of a government, yield to it their allegiance and support are undoubtedly its most...