On the Duty of Civil Disobedience

Download or read book On the Duty of Civil Disobedience written by Henry David Thoreau and published by Phoemixx Classics Ebooks. This book was released on 2021-08-23 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the Duty of Civil Disobedience Henry David Thoreau - On the Duty of Civil Disobedience is an essay by American transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau that was first published in 1849. In it, Thoreau argues that individuals should not permit governments to overrule or atrophy their consciences, and that they have a duty to avoid allowing such acquiescence to enable the government to make them the agents of injustice. Thoreau was motivated in part by his disgust with slavery and the MexicanAmerican War (1846-1848).