Quotes by Thoreau, Henry David

We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches. >>

The sun is but a morning star. >>

We can never have enough of nature. We must be refreshed by the sight >>

Quotations about Government

Government is either organized benevolence or organized madness; its p >>

The auditor is a watchdog and not a bloodhound. >>

The art of government is not to let me grow stale. >>

This American government -- what is it but a tradition, though a recent one, endeavoring to transmit itself unimpaired to posterity, but each instant losing some of its integrity? It has not the vitality and force of a single living man; for a single man can bend it to his will.

Thoreau, Henry David