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Civil Disobedience Quotes

It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right.

Source:The Writings of Henry David Thoreau (Houghton, Mifflin and Co., ed. 1906), Volume IV, Page 358
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Henry David Thoreau (Civil Disobedience Quotes)
  • Book: Civil Disobedience
  • Writer: Henry David Thoreau
  • Genre: Essays, Philosophy
  • Published: 1849
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