Henry David Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience"/"Resistance to Civil Government"

1. What is Thoreau's position on slavery? On the War with Mexico?

   
   
   
   
   

2. What does Thoreau propose the individual should do when faced with unjust laws?

   
   
   
   
   

3. "Moreover, any man more right than his neighbors, constitutes a majority of one" (2021). What does he mean? What problems does this "majority of one" position present?

   
   
   
   
   

4. What is Thoreau's ultimate position on democracy?

   
   
   
   
   

5. What particular section of the essay do you think has made it so famous?