Truth is always in harmony with herself, and is not concerned chiefly to reveal the justice that may consist with wrong-doing. (Henry David Thoreau)

Truth is always in harmony with herself, and is not concerned chiefly to reveal the justice that may consist with wrong-doing.

Henry David Thoreau

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