Civil Disobedience

What does Thoreau describe as a "majority of one"?

What does Thoreau describe as a "majority of one"?

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Thoreau believed that the one person who is on the right side of the question counts for more than all the people who are on the wrong side of the question or issue. This falls in line with the rights of individual surviving on their own over the ignorance of the masses dependent on government.