... or empires seems drudgery"1. This excerpt parallels the ideals of the hippie movement in the sixties. The similarities are obvious. Henry David Thoreau also had a profound impact on the civil rights movement. In his 1849 essay titled, "Resistance to Civil Government", Thoreau indicates his animosity to the government. "I heartily accept the motto, "That government is best which governs least"; and I should like to ... Mexican war, the work of comparatively a few individuals using the standing government as their tool; for in the outset, the people would not have consented to this measur...

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