"You who govern public affairs, what need have you to employ punishmen… — Walden

Walden — Henry David Thoreau

"You who govern public affairs, what need have you to employ punishments? Love virtue, and the people will be virtuous. The virtues of a superior man are like the wind; the virtues of a common man are like the grass--the grass, when the wind passes over it, bends."

Place: ¶317
License: Public domain · Source
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