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All men recognize the right of revolution; that is, the right to refuse allegiance to… — Henry David Thoreau

Essay · Political literature

All men recognize the right of revolution; that is, the right to refuse allegiance to, and to resist, the government, when its tyranny or its inefficiency are great and unendurable.

Henry David Thoreau
The Relation of the Individual to the State · 1848
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Current citation
Thoreau, Henry. "Civil Disobedience." Walden and Civil Disobedience. Signet, 2012.
Original citation
Thoreau, Henry. "The Relation of the Individual to the State." 26 Jan. 1848, Concord Lyceum, Concord, MA, USA.

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