On the Duty of Civil Disobedience Authors: Henry David Thoreau Number of Pages: 48 Publisher: Wilder Publications Published: 2008-03-24 Language: English ISBN-10: 1604592931 ISBN-13: 9781604592931 Sale Rank: 203420 List Price: $4.99 Lowest New Price: $4.20 Lowest Used Price: $3.60 Lowest Collectible Price:
Civil Disobedience argues that citizens should not permit their governments to overrule their consciences, and that they have a duty to avoid allowing their acquiescence to enable the government to make them the agents of injustice. Thoreau was motivated in part by his disgust with slavery and the Mexican-American War, but the sentiments he expresses here are just as pertinent today as when they were first written. A true American classic.
