Monarch Notes, January 1st, 1963
Monarch Notes 01-01-1963 On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience Thoreau begins this now-famous essay by agreeing with the motto, "That government is best which governs least." He explains: "For government is an expedient by which men would fain succeed in letting one another alone; and, as has been said, when it is most expedient, the governed are most let alone by it." He realizes, however, that this sort of government can come only when men "are prepared for it"; and he adds, "to speak practically and as a citizen, unlike those who call themselves no-government men, I ask for, not at once no gove...
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