Thoreau

Famous quotes containing the word thoreau:

“He well deserves to be called, as he has been called, the Defender of the Constitution.... He is not a leader, but a follower. His leaders are the men of ‘87.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“It is no better, at least, than to assist at a slaughter-house.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“It is a common accident for men camping in the woods to be killed by a falling tree.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)