On the Duty of Civil Disobedience

An 1849 essay by Henry David Thoreau arguing that individuals should follow conscience over unjust laws and government demands, questioning majority rule, slavery, and the Mexican War, and defending the duty to resist or disobey unjust government.

Public domain in the US. From Project Gutenberg.

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