ON THE DUTY OF CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE
I ily accept tto, -- quot;t government is best which
governs leastquot;; and I so see it acted up to more rapidly
and systematically. Carried out, it finally amounts to this, which
also I believe, -- quot;t government is best
allquot;; and he kind of
government best but an
expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments are
sometimes, inexpedient. tions w
against a standing army, and ty, and deserve
to prevail, may also at last be broug a standing
government. tanding army is only an arm of tanding
government. t itself, whe
people o execute to be
abused and perverted before t t. itness
t Mexican ively a few individuals
using tanding government as tool; for, in tset, the
people ed to this measure.
t -- but a tradition, though a
recent one, endeavoring to transmit itself unimpaired to posterity,
but eacant losing some of its integrity? It the
vitality and force of a single living man; for a single man can bend
it to is a sort of o the people
t it is not the
people must ed macs
din, to satisfy t idea of government whey have.
Governments shus how successfully men can be imposed on, even
impose on tage. It is excellent, we
must all allo t never of itself furthered any
enterprise, but by ty got out of its way.
It does not keep try free. It does not