Civil Disobedience When we think of civil disobedience in modern times we conjure up images of Martin Luther King Jr. fighting for African American civil rights against White America, or Ghandi peacefully defeating the British in India. ... Civil Disobedience has as long a history as governments themselves. ... On the other hand social protest in the form of civil disobedience has been proven to be one of the most formidable ways to deal with government injustices. Henry David Thoreau shows in his work that America has changed little in over 150 years. ... If Bush manages to steal anothe...

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Civil Obedience vs. Civil Disobedience Right through American history, it is very clear that many individuals have struggled or battled for justice in a society that has often denied it. ... Henry David Thoreau, a 19th century individualist, wrote an essay called "Civil Disobedience" in which he explained his reasons for not paying taxes to a government that was involved in an unjust war with Mexico. ... Henry Thoreau also used emotional appeal in "Civil Disobedience." ... Thoreau didn't use the bible to support his thoughts, but he did mention God a few times in "Civil Disobedience". ...

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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. "Civil Disobedience" was later published in 1849. ... To continue, the second theme in Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience" is injustice. ... Thoreau was an advocate of civil liberties. ... In conclusion, both King's "I Have a Dream" and Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience" contain similar themes. ...

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All three stood up against society in their own civil disobedience paid the price for their actions and their viewpoint was heard and understood by other citizens within the society. ... He felt that he had a right to object to the government using his money for things that he did not want to finance; he felt he had a right to protest in acts of civil disobedience. ... He was arrested for his protest of civil right laws, and as with Thoreau, his use of civil disobedience was enhanced by his use of non-violence. ... Eventually, India would receive their independence due to his leadership in his...

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Thoreau's essay might have been a decent persuasion essay back in its time, but to me, I think it's no good. ... Making claims about the way the government and society should be structured take evidence such as The American-Mexican war and the slavery issues, which are basically his only two warrants of proof that civil disobedience towards the government is acceptable. ... Thoreau does not give any credit to the government what so ever. ...

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The act of civil disobedience by the Miami relatives was a just action. ... Any form of unjustifiable civil disobedience would be the action of any terrorist activity. ... During a public action of civil disobedience such as protest, one must be sure to always announce the reason and purpose behind his or her disobedience. ... Lastly, one should accept the consequences for their own action of civil disobedience with open arms, just as Henry David Thoreau expressed his civil disobedience regarding the events and actions of the Spanish-American war and the episodes of slavery. ... By keeping t...

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., whose main philosophy on civil disobedience revolved around nonviolence, wrote a "Letter From Birmingham Jail" to eight clergymen informing them of the situation in Birmingham, Alabama, in April of 1963. ... Because civil disobedience includes the violation laws, it is difficult to conclude whether an act is one of civil disobedience, or lawbreaking. During times of social strife- when a society is divided in opinion- there exists much controversy over whether or not certain acts of protest are qualified as civil disobedience. Within their definitions, the differences between civil disobedi...

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., whose main philosophy on civil disobedience revolved around nonviolence, wrote a "Letter From Birmingham Jail" to eight clergymen informing them of the situation in Birmingham, Alabama, in April of 1963. ... Because civil disobedience includes the violation laws, it is difficult to conclude whether an act is one of civil disobedience, or lawbreaking. During times of social strife- when a society is divided in opinion- there exists much controversy over whether or not certain acts of protest are qualified as civil disobedience. Within their definitions, the differences between civil disobedi...

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In MY reading I discovered the principle of nonviolence as enunciated in Henry David Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience," and I was persuaded by John Ruskin's plea to give up industrialism for farm life and traditional handicrafts--ideals similar to many Hindu religious ideas. ... Thousands of Indians joined ME in this civil disobedience campaign. ...

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What makes us think that we own animals? How do we claim to be most intellectual and intelligent animal? Don't we have any kind of duties to the fellow beings? If you wouldn't eat cow or a dog then why eat a goat? Why shouldn't animals have right? If they didn't harm us then why should we act selfis...

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