• I quietly declare war with the State, after my fashion, though I will still make use and get advantage of her as I can, as is usual in such cases.

    Henry David Thoreau: I quietly declare war with the State, after my fashion, though I will still make use and get advantage of her as I can, as is usual in such cases.
    Henry David Thoreau (1942). “Civil Disobedience”, p.16, Hayes Barton Press