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The Artist is he who detects and applies the law from observation of the works of Genius, whether of man or Nature. The Artisan is he who merely appli...more

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It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right.

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If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law.

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A common and natural result of an undue respect of law is, that you may see a file of soldiers, colonel, captain, corporal, privates, powder-monkeys, ...more

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Visit the Navy-Yard, and behold a marine, such a man as an American government can make, or such as it can make a man with its black arts, -a mere sha...more

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If any think that their influence would be lost there, and their voices no longer afflict the ear of the State, that they would not be as an enemy wit...more

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Unjust laws exist; shall we be content to obey them, or shall we endeavor to amend them, and obey them until we have succeeded, or shall we transgress...more

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Must the citizen ever for a moment, or in the least degree, resign his conscience, then? I think that we should be men first, and subjects afterward. ...more

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Any fool can make a ruleAnd any fool will mind it.

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A government which deliberately enacts injustice, and persists in it, will at length ever become the laughing-stock of the world.