Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote

Quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson,

"In dealing with the State, we ought to remember that its institutions are not aboriginal, though they existed before we were born; that they are not superior to the citizen; that every one of them was once the act of a single man; every law and usage was a man's expedient to meet a particular case; that they all are imitable, all alterable; we may make as good; we may make better."

By:	Ralph Waldo Emerson (more quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson or books by/about Ralph Waldo Emerson)
	(1803-1882) American essayist, lecturer, and poet
Source:	Essays, Second Series (1844)
Courtesy of:	http://www.literaturepage.com/read/emersonessays2-92.html
Categories:	Freedom, Government, Independence, Justice, Law, Liberty, Power, Responsibility
Rating: