The only obligation which I have a right to assume is to do at any time what I think right.
Henry David ThoreauThe value of any experience is measured, of course, not by the amount of money, but the amount of development we get out of it.
Henry David ThoreauGovernment is at best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments are sometimes, inexpedient. The objections which have been brought against a standing army, and they are many and weighty, and deserve to prevail, may also at last be brought against a standing government.
Henry David Thoreau