The soldier is applauded who refuses to serve in an unjust war by those who do not refuse to sustain the unjust government which makes the war

Henry David Thoreau, Civil Disobedience [Amazon, Bookshop, Publisher, Local Library]

Hermetic quote Thoreau Civil Disobedience soldier applauded refuses serve unjust war sustain unjust government makes war

Consider also:

  1. “She didn’t give a damn. She had a list of what she didn’t like, and almost everything—and everybody—in Lychford was on it.”
  2. “There was nothing more to happen; everything had already happened except for one trifle which would be over soon.”
  3. “The government itself, which is only the mode which the people have chosen to execute their will, is equally liable to be abused and perverted before the people can act through it.”
  4. “Judith, who had time on her hands and ice in her heart, engaged them in dark conversations”
  5. “Her beatitude leant forward to her, as if to embrace. The rich presence enveloped her; out of a broken and contrite heart she sighed with joy. On the inhaled breath her splendour glowed again; on the exhaled it passed. She stood alone, at peace. Dawn was in the air; ecce omnia nova facio.”