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Civil Disobedience. by Henry D. Thoreau. Original title: Resistance to Civil Government. I heartily accept the motto, "That government is best which governs least"; and I should like to see it acted up to more rapidly and systematically.
Resistance to Civil Government, also called On the Duty of Civil Disobedience or Civil Disobedience for short, is an essay by American transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau that was first published in 1849.
Essay: “On the Duty of Civil Disobedience” Author: Henry David Thoreau, 1817–62 First published: 1849. The original essay is in the public domain in the United States and in most, if not all, other countries as well.
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Learn about Thoreau's argument for prioritizing conscience over law and his criticism of American social institutions in this essay. Find out how he practiced civil disobedience by refusing to pay taxes and why he rejected reform within the government.
A summary and analysis of Thoreau's essay "Civil Disobedience", in which he argues for individual conscience and resistance to an unjust government. Learn about his views on slavery, war, taxation, and revolution, and his influence on the American Transcendentalist movement.
Jan 4, 2007 · Henry David Thoreau is widely credited with coining the term civil disobedience. For years, Thoreau refused to pay his state poll tax as a protest against the institution of slavery, the extermination of Native Americans, and the war against Mexico.
Jul 8, 2024 · Henry David Thoreau, American essayist, poet, and practical philosopher renowned for having lived the doctrines of Transcendentalism as recorded in his masterwork, Walden (1854), and for having been a vigorous advocate of civil liberties, as evidenced in the essay ‘Civil Disobedience’ (1849).
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