Henry David Thoreau: I am as desirous of being a good neighbor as I am of being a bad subject.

I am as desirous of being a good neighbor as I am of being a bad subject. — Henry David Thoreau

I am as desirous of being a good neighbor as I am of being a bad subject.

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