Thoreau-Resistance to Civil Govt.
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In David Henry Thoreau’s Resistance to Civil Government, or Civil Disobedience as it is also known, Thoreau argues that “government is best which governs not at all” (Thoreau 1). Thoreau’s main argument is that an individual’s first loyalty is to his or her own nature, and that when the individual is true to himself or herself only then is he or she capable of being true to government.In section four, we see Thoreau argue that men need to obey a higher power than government, namely their own conscience “Must the citizen ever for a moment or in the least degree, resign his conscience to the legislator? Why has every man a conscience then?” (Thoreau 2). In other words, even when one is not backed in their thinking by the more powerful majority, they must resist its efforts to tempt them to go again
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Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page)
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