A thought to ponder

 Walt Whitman

[This is quoted as a "Thoughts to Ponder" in Robert Anton Wilson's Email to the Universe, which I am re-reading. The new Hilaritas Press edition will be out soon; more news on that as it becomes available. I was struck by how contemporary the Walt Whitman bit sounded. Source. The Management.]

To the States or any one of them, or any city of the States,

RESIST MUCH, OBEY LITTLE,

Once unquestioning obedience, once fully enslaved;

Once fully enslaved, no nation, state, city of this Earth, ever

afterward resumes its liberty.

— Walt Whitman