Henry David Thoreau quote: Must the citizen ever for a moment, or in the least degree, resigns his conscience to the legislator? Why has ...

Must the citizen ever for a moment, or in the least degree, resigns his conscience to the legislator? Why has every man a conscience then? I think that we should be men first, and subjects afterward.

~ Henry David Thoreau ~

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