The fate of the country...does not depend on what kind of paper you drop into the ballot-box once a year, but on what kind of man you drop from your chamber into the street every morning.
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Original Citation
Thoreau, Henry David. "Slavery in Massachusetts." Anti-Slavery Celebration. 4 July 1854, Framingham, MA, USA. Lecture.
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Current Citation
Thoreau, Henry David. "Slavery in Massachusetts." Essays on Civil Disobedience, edited by Bob Blaisdell. Dover Publications, 2016.
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