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Socialist Progressives

yallerdawg

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1. "...I remember the example of Thoreau."

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Thu Apr 9, 2015, 11:24 PM

Apr 2015

His essay on "Civil Disobedience" was...revolutionary.

"The progress from an absolute to a limited monarchy, from a limited monarchy to a democracy, is a progress toward a true respect for the individual.… Is a democracy, such as we know it, the last improvement possible in government? Is it not possible to take a step further towards recognizing and organizing the rights of man? There will never be a really free and enlightened State until the State comes to recognize the individual as a higher and independent power, from which all its own power and authority are derived, and treats him accordingly."

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"...I remember the example of Thoreau." yallerdawg Apr 2015 #1