civil disobedience(n.)
“民众抵抗政府”一词最早由梭罗于1866年创造,作为他的一篇论文的标题,该论文最初发表于1849年。
If the alternative is to keep all just men in prison, or give up war and slavery, the State will not hesitate which to choose. If a thousand men were not to pay their tax-bills this year, that would not be a violent and bloody measure, as it would be to pay them, and enable the State to commit violence and shed innocent blood. This is, in fact, the definition of a peaceable revolution, if any such is possible. [Thoreau]
如果只有两个选择,要么把所有正义的人都关进监狱,要么放弃战争和奴隶制,那么政府不会犹豫选择哪一个。如果有一千个人今年不交税,那不会是一种暴力和血腥的措施,因为交税才会让政府实施暴力并流无辜的血。事实上,如果有可能的话,这就是和平革命的定义。 [梭罗]
该词起源时间:1866年