“Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote

“Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well.”

“Everybody we know surrounds himself with a fine house, fine books, conservatory, gardens, equipage, and all manner of toys, as screens to interpose between himself and his guest. Does it not seem as if man was of a very sly, elusive nature, and dreaded nothing so much as a full rencontre front to front with his fellow?”

“To sin by silence, when we should protest, Makes cowards out of men.”

“A state of society where men may not speak their minds cannot long endure.”

“Men trust their ears less than their eyes.”