ON THE DUTY OF CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE
y tages of Caesars government, then
pay ; quot;Render therefore
to Caesar t hings which are
Godsquot; -- leaving to which was which;
for t wiso know.
of my neighbors, I perceive
t, tude and seriousness of
tion, and tranquillity, the long
and t of tter is, t t spare the
protection of ting government, and the
consequences to ty and families of disobedience to it.
For my o, I s like to t I ever rely on the
protection of tate. But, if I deny ty of tate
s its tax-bill, it ake and e all my
property, and so end. this is
impossible for a man to live ly, and at
time comfortably in outs. It be h
to accumulate property; t o go again.
You must somew a small crop, and
eat t soon. You must live hin yourself, and depend upon
yourself alucked up and ready for a start, and not have many
affairs. A man may grow ricurkey even, if he will be in all
respects a good subject of turkis. Confucius said,
quot;If a state is governed by ty and
misery are subjects of sate is not governed by the
principles of reason, rics of s;
No: until I tection of Massacts to be extended to
me in some distant Sout, wy is endangered, or
until I am bent solely on building up an estate at home by peaceful
enterprise, I can afford to refuse allegiance to Massacts, and
to my property and life. It costs me