- Henry David Thoreau

They do not know how much truth is stronger than error, nor how much more eloquently and effectively he can combat injustice who has experienced a little in his own person. If the alternative is to keep all just men in prison, or give up war and slavery, the State will not hesitate which to choose."

As a result of his writings and personal witness, we are the heirs of a legacy of creative protest." - MLK

"Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison, the only house in a slave State in which a free man can abide with honor.

"I became convinced that noncooperation with evil is as much a moral obligation as is cooperation with good. No other person has been as eloquent and passionate in getting this idea across than Thoreau.