Stephanie's review
Civil Disobedience And Other Essays the Collected Essays of Henry David Thoreau
by Henry David Thoreau
Stephanie's review
Civil Disobedience And Other Essays the Collected Essays of Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau
Stephanie's review
rating:
** spoiler alert **
I don't have this book - I've just finished the essay on "Civil Disobedience" by Henry David Thoreau. (Which was included in my cope of Walden.
My three very favorite passages are "Those who, while they disapprove of the character and measures of a government, yield to it their allegiance and support are undoubtedly its most conscientious supporters, and so frequently the most serious obstacles."
and
"Men, generally, under such a government as this, think that they ought to wait until they have persuaded the majority to alter them. They think that, if they should resist, the remedy would be worse than the evil. But it is the fault of the government itself that the remedy is worse than the evil. It makes it worse."
and finally,
"I have never declined paying the highway tax, because I am as desirous of being a good neighbor as I am of being a bad subject; and as for supporting schools, I am doing my part to educate my fellow...more
My three very favorite passages are "Those who, while they disapprove of the character and measures of a government, yield to it their allegiance and support are undoubtedly its most conscientious supporters, and so frequently the most serious obstacles."
and
"Men, generally, under such a government as this, think that they ought to wait until they have persuaded the majority to alter them. They think that, if they should resist, the remedy would be worse than the evil. But it is the fault of the government itself that the remedy is worse than the evil. It makes it worse."
and finally,
"I have never declined paying the highway tax, because I am as desirous of being a good neighbor as I am of being a bad subject; and as for supporting schools, I am doing my part to educate my fellow...more
