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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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Book:
Civil Disobedience
Writer:
Henry David Thoreau
Genre:
Essays, Philosophy
Published:
1849
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