Government Quote by Henry David Thoreau

If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I…

— Henry David Thoreau

f the injustice is part of the necessary friction of the machine of government, let it go, let it go; perchance it will wear…

— Henry David Thoreau

“If the injustice is part of the necessary friction of the machine of government, let it go, let it go: perchance it will wear…

— Henry David Thoreau

If however the law is so promulgated that it of necessity makes you an agent of injustices against another, then I say to you…

— Henry David Thoreau

If the injustice is part of the necessary friction of the machine of government, let it go, let it go: perchance it will wear…

— Henry David Thoreau

You don't fight injustice by asking to become part of the system that committed the injustice against you in the first place. That's like…

— Carmen Yulin Cruz

When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.

— Thomas Jefferson

If you wish to know what justice is, let injustice pursue you.

— Eugenio Maria de Hostos

If you're aware of injustice, you can either ignore it, say there is nothing you can do about it, complain about it and not…

— Ben Cohen

Well you know, all law is about injustice.

— Alan Dershowitz

If ever I should affect injustice, it would be in this, that I might do courtesies and receive none.

— Owen Feltham

Justice is my being allowed to do whatever I like. Injustice is whatever prevents my doing so.

— Samuel Butler