The West of which I speak is but another name for the Wild, and what I have been preparing to say is, that in Wildness is the preservation of the World

Anyone in a free society where the laws are unjust has an obligation to break the law.

If we were left solely to the wordy wit of legislators in Congress for our guidance, uncorrected by the seasonal experience and the effectual complaints of the people, America would not long retain her rank among the nations.

How can he remember well his ignorance - which his growth requires - who has so often to use his knowledge?

The very willow-rows lopped every three years for fuel or powder, - and every sizable pine and oak, or other forest tree, cut down within the memory of man! As if individual speculators were to be allowed to export the clouds out of the sky, or the stars out of the firmament, one by one. We shall be reduced to gnaw the very crust of the earth for nutriment.

The fire is the main comfort of the camp, whether in summer or winter

The truth is, there is money buried everywhere, and you have only to go to work to find it.