Civil Disobedience

Poisoned Candy Press, 2024. Reprint. Pamphlet. New. 28pp. Octavo [22cm]. Pictorial wraps. On the Duty of Civil Disobedience, by Henry David Thoreau, was first published 1849 under the title “Resistance to Civil Government.” In it, Thoreau argues that individuals should not permit governments to overrule or atrophy their consciences, and that they have a duty to avoid allowing such acquiescence to enable the government to make them the agents of injustice. Thoreau was motivated in part by his disgust with U.S. imperialism, slavery and the Mexican-American War.