Quotes by Thoreau, Henry David

How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live >>

I should not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom >>

The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend. >>

Quotations about Protest

Unfortunately, I am involved in a freedom ride protesting the loss of >>

I quietly declare war with the State, after my fashion, though I will >>

One who breaks an unjust law that conscience tells him is unjust, and >>

I quietly declare war with the State, after my fashion, though I will still make use and get advantage of her as I can, as is usual in such cases.

Thoreau, Henry David