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Henry David Thoreau was inspired to write his famous essay "Civil Disobedience" after spending a night in jail for refusing to pay his poll tax in protest of the Mexican-American War and slavery. In the essay, Thoreau advocates for individual conscience over obedience to unjust laws, arguing that governments are best which govern least and that citizens have a duty to resist through civil disobedience when their government supports injustice. He believes that withdrawal of consent, even if just one person,

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