How often we find ourselves turning our backs on our actual friends, that we might go and meet their ideal cousins.
Henry David ThoreauNo man in America has ever stood up so persistently and effectively for the dignity of human nature, knowing himself for a man, and the equal of any and all governments. In that sense he was the most American of us all.
Henry David ThoreauIf some are prosecuted for abusing children, others deserve to be prosecuted for maltreating the face of nature committed to their care.
Henry David Thoreau