Civil Disobedienceby,H.D. Thoreau

Civil Disobedience
By,
H. D. Thoreau
H. D. Thoreau lived in a time of slavery and taxation. He was an abolitionist and vehemently anti-establishment. Civil Disobedience is the story of his life which is laced with quotes and comparisons of history and literature. The story is also his views on the American and other governments. On page 19 he first compares the army, the tax collectors and government servers to machines and says that they have no morals. “A drab of state, a cloth-o’-silver slut, to have her train borne up and her soul trail in the dirt.” This is a quote ...