Monday, December 19, 2005

No truer words were ever spoken...

"How does it become a man to behave towards the American government today? I answer, that he cannot without disgrace be associated with it." ~ Henry David Thoreau

5 Comments:

Blogger Erik said...

that quote is one of my personal favorites. I love Thoreau

Monday, December 19, 2005 1:40:00 PM  
Blogger Dietrich Bonhoeffer said...

what year was that quote made?.......dk

Wednesday, December 21, 2005 3:36:00 PM  
Blogger David Goodyear said...

Hi Doug,

It is from "Civil Disobedience". Which was published in 1849. I was thinking the other day about all of the books that have been covering government corruption and even early movies. These scams have been going on a long, long time.

Go here: http://eserver.org/thoreau/civil1.html#b6

And go down to paragraph [7]...

Thursday, December 22, 2005 7:59:00 AM  
Blogger Dietrich Bonhoeffer said...

yeah i guess i wasn't thinking.....i was wondering if it was like 1972 or 1995 or 2001 or something and now i see henry david thoreau died in 1862.......D'oh!

Thursday, December 22, 2005 9:18:00 PM  
Blogger David Goodyear said...

Well, don't feel bad. Things were bad enough in the 1850's (right after Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience"), that we had a civil war that killed more Americans than all other wars combined.

Jefferson said we needed a revolt every twenty years to keep the republic in check.

We are way behind...

Friday, December 23, 2005 6:18:00 AM  

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