Quote of the Day for Thursday, October 15, 2026

Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison.

Henry David Thoreau, Civil Disobedience, 1849

Our note: Written after Thoreau spent a night in jail for refusing to pay a tax he believed supported injustice.

Verified in the full text of Civil Disobedience on Project Gutenberg · Project Gutenberg ebook #205 · Collected in Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience

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