"To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found a school, but so to love wisdom as to live according to its dictates, a l...
Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty.
~ Henry David Thoreau ~
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Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty.
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