Henry David Thoreau: Difference between revisions

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He was a lifelong [[abolitionism|abolitionist]], delivering lectures that attacked the [[Fugitive Slave Law]] while praising the writings of [[Wendell Phillips]] and defending the abolitionist [[John Brown (abolitionist)|John Brown]]. Thoreau’s philosophy of nonviolent resistance influenced the political thoughts and actions of such later figures as [[Leo Tolstoy]], [[Mohandas K. Gandhi]], and [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]]

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Some [[Anarchism|anarchists]] claim Thoreau as an inspiration. Though ''Civil Disobedience'' calls for improving rather than abolishing government — “I ask for, not at once no government, but ''at once'' a better government”<ref name="resistance">Thoreau, H.D. ''[http://www.sniggle.net/Experiment/index.php?entry=rtcg#p03 Resistance to Civil Government]''</ref> — the direction of this improvement aims at anarchism: “‘That government is best which governs not at all;’ and when men are prepared for it, that will be the kind of government which they will have.”<ref name="resistance" />