Henry David Thoreau Quote - Liberty Quotes Blog

"If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law. "

by:	Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American author, poet, philosopher, polymath, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, historian, and transcendentalist
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Categories:	Disobedience, Dissent, Integrity, Law
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ABSOLUTELY ! ! ! Simple, straight forward, and to the point YES ! ! ! -- Mike, Norwalk
The only way bad laws have ever been changed is by first disobeying them. -- E Archer, NYC
Henry David Thoreau died young. Hmmm, . . . I wonder, was it a natural death? -- anonymous
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