Civil Disobedience, Solitude and Life Without Principle
Civil Disobedience, Thoreau's 1849 essay, justifies his decision to go to jail rather than pay a poll tax that supported the Mexican War. The opening lines are often quoted: 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. Carried out, it finally amounts to this, which also I believe--'That government is best which governs not at all'; and when men are prepared for it, that will be the kind of government which they will have. Thoreau's ideas influenced both Gandhi and Martin Luther King. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.
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