Thoreau was an idiot.

About This Quote

Thoreau was an idiot. The statement "Thoreau was an idiot" has the same level of truth as the statement "The Earth is flat." People like Thoreau can change their world with their ideas and actions, and by doing so they make the world places where they want to live. The goal is to make a world that is better than the one in which we were born.

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