Officer Thomas Ryan

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“If the tax-gatherer, or any other public officer, asks me, as one has done, “But what shall I do?” my answer is, “If you really wish to do anything, resign your office.” When the subject has refused allegiance, and the officer has resigned his office, then the revolution is accomplished.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“as she fleeth afore
Fainting I follow. I leave off therefore
Since in a net I seek to hold the wind.”
—Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503?–1542)