Those who while they disapprove of the character and measures of a government yield to it their allegiance and support are undoubtedly its most conscientious supporters and so frequently the most...

Those who while they disapprove of the character and measures of a government yield to it their allegiance and support are undoubtedly its most conscientious supporters and so frequently the most serious obstacles to reform.
Henry David Thoreau

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Children who play life discern its true law and relations more clearly than men who fail to live it worthily but who think that they are wiser by experience that is by failure.
- Henry David Thoreau

Those who while they disapprove of the character and measures of a government yield to it their allegiance and support are undoubtedly its most conscientious supporters and so frequently the most serious obstacles to reform. Henry David Thoreau

Those who while they disapprove of the character and measures of a government yield to it their allegiance and support are undoubtedly its most conscientious supporters and so frequently the most serious obstacles to reform.
Henry David Thoreau