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Meanings of resistance to civil government in English

Essay of Thoreau published in Aesthetic Papers.

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Examples for "civil disobedience"
Examples for "civil disobedience"
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The activists were trained in nonviolent civil disobedience and got legal support.
Reuters
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They were not the only groups speaking of boycott and civil disobedience.
The Irish Times
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They have launched their own forms of Gandhian non-cooperation and civil disobedience.
The Guardian
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Politics and participation versus civil disobedience and direct action, he said.
News.com.au
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Protest leaders did not say what type of civil disobedience had been planned.
Reuters
Usage of resistance to civil government in English
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This episode inspired his 1848 speech Resistance to Civil Government, later published as Civil Disobedience.
BBC