“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.”

– Henry David Thoreau, “Civil Disobedience” nostr:note1tnasyf0w30078qqcevdsrrltv0q8q2g6emyfd57c2naulu6qj77s3ugx8r