Thoreau on Civil Disobedience and The Duty to Protest

Henry David Thoreau not only wrote Walden; he is also responsible for a small pamphlet titled Civil Disobedience, which recommends that - when a US president is taking a wrong turn - good citizens have a duty to protest.

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