Elisee reclus quotes about happiness

Paying tax should be framed as a glorious civic duty worthy of gratitude - not a punishment for making money.

One of the principal functions of a friend is to suffer (in a milder and symbolic form) the punishments that we should like, but are unable, to inflict upon our enemies.

The President of the United States would be liable to be impeached, tried, and upon conviction of treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors, removed from office; and would afterwards be liable to prosecution and punishment in the ordinary course of law.

The person of the King of Great Britain is sacred and inviolable: There is no constitutional tribunal to which he is amenable, no punishment to which he can be subjected without involving the crisis of a national revolution.

Punishments erode relationships and moral growth.

Elisee reclus quotes about happiness

People think of travel, of movement, as a kind of reprieve from life. But they're wrong. Movement isn't a reprieve.