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Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau

Civil Disobedience

Henry David Thoreau1849

Philosophy

The Thesis

“That government is best which governs not at all”

— Henry David Thoreau

Why no Essential Cut?

We don't abridge this one — it's already essential. Some books can't be honestly shortened without losing what makes them worth reading, so we leave them whole.

Contents

  1. 1On the Duty of Civil Disobedience9,337 w

On the Duty of Civil Disobedience — Henry David Thoreau · first published 1849

Source edition: 1849 (original title: Resistance to Civil Government)

Public-domain text · ref #71