Which two sentences in this excerpt from "Civil Disobedience" by Henry David Thoreau support the transcendentalist idea that the individual is more important than government or society?

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Maria Lambert

6 February, 14:33

Which two sentences in this excerpt from "Civil Disobedience" by Henry David Thoreau support the transcendentalist idea that the individual is more important than government or society?

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Ian Cain · Answer 1

I chose "It has not the vitality and force of a single living man; for a single man can bend it to his will."

and "I think that we should be men first, and subjects afterward. It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right."

Lauren Oliver · Answer 2

For this question I chose the last sentence where it says "I think that we should be men first, and subjects afterward. It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right."