One of the most important documents of American political thought, Civil Disobediance eloquently states a position that has influenced the thinking of Gandhi, Martin Luther King, and many figures of the 1960s protests against the Vietnam War. Thoreau argues that 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.' 'There will never be a really free and enlightened State until the State comes to recognise the individual as a higher and independent power...and treats him accordingly.''
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One of the most important documents of American political thought, Civil Disobediance eloquently states a position that has influenced the thinking of Gandhi, Martin Luther King, and many figures of the 1960s protests against the Vietnam War. Thoreau argues that 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.' 'There will never be a really free and enlightened State until the State comes to recognise the individual as a higher and independent power...and treats him accordingly.''