Sec. of State Hillary Clinton's approval of a deal to transfer control of 20% of U.S. uranium deposits to a Russian company was a quid pro quo exchange for donations to the Clinton Foundation. EXAMPLES Collected via e-mail, 2016.
civil disobedience - a group's refusal to obey a law because they believe the law is immoral (as in protest against discrimination); Thoreau wrote a famous essay justifying civil disobedience. direct action - a protest action by labor or minority groups to obtain their demands. sit-in - a form of civil disobedience in which demonstrators occupy seats and refuse to move. protest march - occasion when you can express opposition by marching (usually on some government institution) without a license.
Resistance to Civil Government was an essay written by Henry David Thoreau in 1849. It was first published in an anthology called Aesthetic Papers, but gained more attention when it was published again in 1866 under the title Civil Disobedience.. Full Answer >.