Oppressive Laws

Famous quotes containing the words oppressive and/or laws:

“It is most oppressive to be an aunt.”
—Christina Stead (1902–1983)

“At present the globe goes with a shattered constitution in its orbit.... No doubt the simple powers of nature, properly directed by man, would make it healthy and a paradise; as the laws of man’s own constitution but wait to be obeyed, to restore him to health and happiness.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)