Thursday, January 14, 2010

On Civil Disobedience


Thoreau speaks on the topic of moral responsibility, consciousness, and the role of government in society. Thoreau admonishes us to take an active and conscious role in shaping the machinery that governs us if we do not wish to have that machine crush us. The recent election of Barak Obama represents, I think, a move to reclaim responsible government, a government that commands the respect of the people.

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