![]() ![]() “If the alternative is to keep all just men in prison, or give up war and slavery, the State will not hesitate which to choose.” “Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison.” “For it matters not how small the beginning may seem to be: what is once well done is done for ever.” What I have to do is to see, at any rate, that I do not lend myself to the wrong which I condemn.” “Let your life be a counter friction to stop the machine. “Unjust laws exist: shall we be content to obey them, or shall we endeavor to amend them, and obey them until we have succeeded, or shall we transgress them at once?” ![]() “Law never made men a whit more just and, by means of their respect for it, even the well-disposed are daily made the agents of injustice.” ![]() It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right.” “Why has every man a conscience, then? I think that we should be men first, and subjects afterward. ![]()
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