| Civil Disobedience Contributor(s): Thoreau, Henry David (Author) |
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ISBN: 1544608926 ISBN-13: 9781544608921 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $6.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2017 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
| Physical Information: 0.05" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.11 lbs) 26 pages |
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| Publisher Description: I heartily accept the motto, "That government is best which governs least"; and I should like to see it acted up to more rapidly and systematically. Carried out, it finally amounts to this, which also I believe-"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. Government is at best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments are sometimes, inexpedient. The objections which have been brought against a standing army, and they are many and weighty, and deserve to prevail, may also at last be brought against a standing government. The standing army is only an arm of the standing government. |