One of the most important texts of American political thought, Civil Disobediance eloquently states a position that has influenced the thinking of Gandhi, Martin Luther King & many figures of the protests in the 1960s against the Vietnam War. Thoreau argues that "the progress from an absolute to a limited monarchy, from a limited monarchy to a democracy, is a progress toward a true respect for the individual." "There will never be a really free & enlightened State until the State comes to recognize the individual as a higher & independent power, from which all its own power & authority are derived, & treats him accordingly." Author of Walden, Thoreau is one of the 19th century's great American thinkers.
One of the most important texts of American political thought, Civil Disobediance eloquently states a position that has influenced the thinking of Gandhi, Martin Luther King & many figures of the protests in the 1960s against the Vietnam War. Thoreau argues that "the progress from an absolute to a limited monarchy, from a limited monarchy to a democracy, is a progress toward a true respect for the individual." "There will never be a really free & enlightened State until the State comes to recognize the individual as a higher & independent power, from which all its own power & authority are derived, & treats him accordingly." Author of Walden, Thoreau is one of the 19th century's great American thinkers.
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