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Thoreau was a radical advocate for individual conscience. In *Civil Disobedience*, he argued that 'that government is best which governs least. ' He went to jail rather than pay a tax that supported slavery and war. He teaches that true freedom requires the courage to disobey unjust laws and to follow the dictates of one's own moral compass, regardless of the consequences.
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