Civil Disobedience: On the Duty of Civil Disobedience
Oct 2026 · isid.de - media production
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"I think that we should be men first, and subjects afterward." Henry David Thoreau's 1849 essay is the founding text of nonviolent resistance: protesting slavery and the Mexican-American War, Thoreau refused to pay his poll tax and went to jail for it. His defence of the individual conscience against the state became a document of world importance, inspiring Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King and civil-rights movements around the globe. This carefully typeset digital edition presents the unabridged English original, following the 1946 Liberty Library text.
"I think that we should be men first, and subjects afterward." Henry David Thoreau's 1849 essay is the founding text of nonviolent resistance: protesting slavery and the Mexican-American War, Thoreau refused to pay his poll tax and went to jail for it. His defence of the individual conscience aga...
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Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862) was an American writer and philosopher of Transcendentalism. His account "Walden" and his essay on civil disobedience made him one of America's most influential thinkers.
Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862) was an American writer and philosopher of Transcendentalism. His account "Walden" and his essay on civil disobedience made him one of America's most influential thinkers.
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