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]