“ But a government in which the majority rule in all cases can not be based on justice, even as far as men understand it. Can there not be a government in which the majorities do not virtually decide right and wrong, but conscience?—in which majorities decide only those questions to which the rule of expediency is applicable? Must the citizen ever for a moment, or in the least degree, resign his conscience to the legislator? Why has every man a conscience then? I think that we should be men first, and subjects afterward. It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right. The only obligation which I have a right to assume is to do at any time what I think right. It is truly enough said that a corporation has no conscience; but a corporation of conscientious men is a corporation with a conscience.” Excerpt From: Henry David Thoreau. “Civil Disobedience.” iBooks. https://itunes.apple/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewBook?id=507071490
Posted on: Sun, 24 Nov 2013 09:56:20 +0000
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