The author particularly reflects on Thoreau's participation in the U.S. antislavery movement, noting his views on the 1850 U.S. Fugitive Slave Law and abolitionist John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. The concept of "minding one's own business" is explored.KENZIE...
― Henry David Thoreau 136. “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”― Lord Acton 137. “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”― John Adams 138. “Power concedes nothing without ...
Such views put him at odds with another ideological bunch,neo-conservativeswho back U.S. intervention around the globe and who supported the Iraq War. "Look, these guys have the view of 'follow us or else,' " he says. "And you can't just be transmitting your views around the world a...
We are in agreement on some points. What the government spends on or who spends is not the issue on my mind. I seem to hold contradictory views. I seem like a Libertarian Democrat. But I am not. I am just saying if there must be spending I prefer internal investment over imperial war...