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Civil Disobedience
"In his essay 'Civil Disobedience' (1849; originally titled 'Resistance to Civil Government'), Thoreau expounded his anarchistic views of government, insisting that if an injustice of government is 'of such a nature that it requires injustice to another [you should] break the law [and] let your life be a counter friction to stop the machine.'" - Encyclopaedia Britannica |
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