A Comparison Analysis of Henry David Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience" versus Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" Henry David Thoreau gave a lecture titled "Civil Disobedience" in 1848. ... One, of such people, was Martin Luther King Jr. ... Martin Luther King Jr. has similar themes in his speech "I Have a Dream". ... A promise, that is written in our Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, which clearly states that all men are granted the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. ... King also tells Negroes not to distrust of all white people becaus...

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Aside from man fighting for freedom or beliefs, the question is whether one person can make a difference using words instead of wars. In "Letter from Birmingham Jail" and "Resistance to Civil Government" by Martin Luther King Jr. and Henry David Thoreau, it has been proved that words can work in society but in the right manner. ... King and Thoreau went through it and changed the world. ... To King it was segregation. ... He said" "when a sixth of the population of a nation which has undertaken to be the refuge of liberty are slaves, , I think that it is not too soon for honest man to rebel ...

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The scheme was known as nonviolent civil disobedience; sit-ins, freedom rides, and mass demonstrations were just a few of the tactics that were implicated. ... Moreover, Martin Luther King Jr., a young clergyman from Atlanta, Georgia, was the one leading the nonviolent civil disobedience (Hofstadter, 449). ... King had lead over 200,000 blacks and whites in a peaceful march on Washington. ... King addressed his moving statement of the hopes of nonviolent civil rights protest (Hofstadter, 449). ... King's intention's remained peaceful and collaborated with the ending of segregatio...

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