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Thoreau · Cited by 569 — Civil Disobedience. By Henry David Thoreau.
1849. I heartily accept the motto, "That government is best which governs
least"; and. I should like to see it acted ...
Civil Disobedience espouses the
need to prioritize one's conscience over the dictates of laws. It
criticizes American social institutions and policies, most prominently slavery
and the Mexican-American War.