Civil Disobedience - by Henry David Thoreau

[kpete]

Civil Disobedience
by Henry David Thoreau


All men recognize the right of revolution; that is, the right to refuse allegiance to, and to resist, the government, when its tyranny or its inefficiency are great and unendurable. But almost all say that such is not the case now. But such was the case, they think, in the Revolution of '75. If one were to tell me that this was a bad government because it taxed certain foreign commodities brought to its ports, it is most probable that I should not make an ado about it, for I can do without them. All machines have their friction; and possibly this does enough good to counter-balance the evil. At any rate, it is a great evil to make a stir about it. But when the friction comes to have its machine, and oppression and robbery are organized, I say, let us not have such a machine any longer. In other words, when ... a whole country is unjustly overrun and conquered by a foreign army, and subjected to military law, I think that it is not too soon for honest men to rebel and revolutionize. What makes this duty the more urgent is that fact that the country so overrun is not our own, but ours is the invading army. ...

http://www.cs.indiana.edu/statecraft/civ.dis.html

kpete: just thought this was interesting today

[AzDar]

1. Thank you, kpete...I think about this particular work more and more

these days.

[kpete]

2. I KNEW I

was not the only one.....

[paparush]

3. Texts such as this will soon be banned and labeled Unlawful

Civil Disobedience, organized protests, public demonstrations, organized marches will be banned and criminalized.

The hammer of totalitarianism is swiftly falling on America.

[kpete]

4. that is one reason

WHY - I posted it TODAY!!!

[Coexist]

5. very much needed today - a little Jefferson for you:

"A little patience, and we shall see the reign of witches pass over, their spells dissolve, and the people, recovering their true sight, restore their government to it's true principles. It is true that in the mean time we are suffering deeply in spirit, and incurring the horrors of a war & long oppressions of enormous public debt."

[kpete]

7. beautiful and thanks

an you are right - we need to REMEMBER who WE are...

[H2O Man]

6. Nominated!

We need to bring Henry David Thoreau's works to life today.

[Raffi Ella]

8. K&R

Thanks kpete.

:kick:

[InkAddict]

9. I lost my respect for Thoreau

when I learned that re: Self-sufficiency, Thoreau's Mommy brought him daily muffins in his "isolation" cabin in the woods. Hypocrite!

[northamericancitizen]

10. Thanks kpete ! K & R

[Wilms]

11. K&R n/t