"Unlike those who call themselves no-government men, I ask for, not...no-government, but a better government... It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law so much as for the right. The only obligation which I have a right to assume is to do any time what I think right... The are thousands who are in opinion opposed to slavery and to the war [with Mexico] who yet in effect to do nothing to put an end to them… Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison…if the alternative is to keep all men in prison or give up war and slavery, the state will not hesitate which to choose. If a thousand men were not to pay their tax bills this year, that would not be a violent and bloody measure…This is…the definition of a peaceable revolution.” —Henry David Thoreau, lecturer and author, “resistance to Civil Government,” (Civil Disobedience), 1849 Thoreau believed that a just man should be prepared to do which of the following? Question 9 options: Organize opposition Run for elected office Overthrow the government Go to jail for his beliefs
"Unlike those who call themselves no-government men, I ask for, not...no-government, but a better government...
It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law so much as for the right. The only obligation which I have a right to assume is to do any time what I think right...
The are thousands who are in opinion opposed to slavery and to the war [with Mexico] who yet in effect to do nothing to put an end to them…
Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison…if the alternative is to keep all men in prison or give up war and slavery, the state will not hesitate which to choose. If a thousand men were not to pay their tax bills this year, that would not be a violent and bloody measure…This is…the definition of a peaceable revolution.”
—Henry David Thoreau, lecturer and author, “resistance to Civil Government,” (Civil Disobedience), 1849
Thoreau believed that a just man should be prepared to do which of the following?
Question 9 options:
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Organize opposition |
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Run for elected office |
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Overthrow the government |
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Go to jail for his beliefs
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