Henry David Thoreau

“That government is best which governs least.”

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“It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.” Henry David Thoreau

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“If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.” Henry David Thoreau