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Is a democracy, such as we know it, the last improvement possible in government? Is it not possible to take a step further towardsrecognizing and organizing the rights of man?
Henry David Thoreau
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Henry David Thoreau
Age: 44 †
Born: 1817
Born: July 12
Died: 1862
Died: May 6
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Yet we must try the harder, the less the prospect of success.
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A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority.
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