Bail Quote by Henry David Thoreau

When [Ralph Waldo] Emerson visited Thoreau in jail and asked, 'What are you doing in there?' it was reported that Thoreau replied, 'What are…

— Howard Zinn

“... I was disturbed by how many of my classmates disliked Thoreau, railed against him even, as if he (who claimed never to have…

— Donna Tartt

“In the words of Marcel Marceau...”

— Tim Watson

“Be careful... What the dude said, ain’t it? ... One lived in the woods and didn’t pay his taxes. Musta been before Lyme disease,…

— Lawrence Block

“Thoreau’s declaration in “Civil Disobedience”: “I heartily accept the motto—‘That government is best which governs least.”

— Jon Krakauer

“And then, when it was pointed out that the only way to pay for the idea would be for the government to take 10…

— Dani Kollin

“There was something else amusing about the house: the irony that the most important battle of the American Revolution--the shoot-out at the Old North…

— Josh Barkan

... Herbert said of himself, with his eyes fixed on the fire, that he thought he must have committed a felony and forgotten the…

— Charles Dickens

“He urges them to stop believing that they are “conservative” and should therefore tolerate a little the drift into fascism, the better to get…

— Jeffrey Tucker

But how,” said Charles, who was close to tears, “how can you possibly justify cold-blooded murder?’ Henry lit a cigarette. “I prefer to think…

— Donna Tartt

“Emerson abandoned irony for blunt and passionate speech. 'This war has been a monumental blunder from the start! Britain is not solely responsible, but…

— Elizabeth Peters

“Henry, how can you live with yourself?” “It’s comparatively easy. Sometimes I just don’t vote my convictions, that’s all.”

— Harper Lee