Civil Disobedience and Other Essays

An interesting read, a good introduction to the unbalanced relation between the citizen and the state.

Thoreau seems like he would have been an incredibly tedious human being to interact with.

Wow. To those who think that the rise of the anarchists/ minarchists is a new phenomenon, I present... Civil Disobedience. Wherein you read - nearly 170 years ago - most every argument I have heard any anarchist put forward regarding what is right to do where government is concerned. Relatively short at just 33 pages long, a quick but very good read, particularly the front half.