Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau

By Lisa Marie Portugal

Civil Disobedience By Henry David Thoreau This edition was created and published by Dr. Lisa Marie Portugal, 2018 To order books in bulk or single copy by the Editor and Publisher contact: Dr. Lisa... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1387658379
• ISBN13: 9781387658374
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Length: 38 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Henry, you are so radically disobedient.

(Original Title: Resistance to Civil Government) I knew that Henry David Thoreau was a tax evader; however, I did not realize how radical he was until I read his book on the duty of civil disobedience. He starts with "The government is best which governs not at all." This should have tipped me off to what was going to come next. What would Timothy McVeigh think if he had read this (and he might have): "Unjust laws exist: shall we be content to obey them, or shall we endeavor to amend them, and obey them until we have succeeded, or shall we transgress them at once?" Henry David Thoreau's discussion of democracy verging on mob rule or only majority rule could have also incited certain well-known people. If you put your hand over the title and read the sentences, they could've been dropped into "Mein Kampf" and fit very well. The bottom line in his dissertation is stated: "There will never be a free and enlightened State until the State comes to recognize that individual as a higher and independent power, from which all its power and authority are derived, and treats him accordingly."