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“Any man more right than his neighbors constitutes a majority of one already.”
― Civil Disobedience
― Civil Disobedience
“Hold the newsreader's nose squarely, waiter, or friendly milk will countermand my trousers.”
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“If only the morbidly religious cared more about real atrocities, like war, poverty, and sports.”
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“Monarchs are made on the backs of indolent men who would rather bow their heads for their daily bread than save the starving men beside them.”
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“All voting is a sort of gaming, like checkers or back gammon, with a slight moral tinge to it, a playing with right and wrong, with moral questions; and betting naturally accompanies it. The character of the voters is not staked. I cast my vote, perchance, as I think right; but I am not vitally concerned that that right should prevail. I am willing to leave it to the majority. Its obligation, therefore, never exceeds that of expediency. Even voting for the right is doing nothing for it. It is only expressing to men feebly your desire that it should prevail. A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority.”
― On the Duty of Civil Disobedience
― On the Duty of Civil Disobedience
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