In "Civil Disobedience" Henry David Thoreau addresses the audiences by discussing his main disagreements. ... Thoreau strongly opposes slavery. That is why he refuses to comply with Massachusetts's civil authority because he thinks everyone should be free. ... It cost me less in every sense to incur the penalty of disobedience to the State than it would to obey" (156). ... King also saw unjust laws that the government wanted to strongly enforce on its decisions to granting equal civil justice to everyone in Birmingham. ...

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In his essay "Civil Disobedience", Henry David Thoreau writes, "Unjust laws exist: shall we be content to obey them or shall we endeavor to amend them, and obey them until we have succeeded, or shall we transgress them at once?" (Thoreau). ... An act of civil disobedience must also be motivated by morality. ... In history, however, civil disobedience has played an enormous role in the evolution of society. ... Therefore it is imperative that we know the definition and purpose of civil disobedience, what constitutes civil disobedience, and the changes that it can bring about - and of course, ...

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In this paper I am chiefly going to discuss and criticize the ideas of Emma Goldman , Daniel Burton, and Henry Thoreau about what anarchism is, why people in general, and these philosophers in particular criticize governments, and which are their solution for improving the situation, would anarchism really solve the problems or make the situation even more difficult, and what anarchists promoters fail to explain. ... On the other hand Burton favored civil disobedience, and according to him the best way is not to vote at all, and not to pay taxes. ... But, in my opinion, Henry Thoreau gives t...

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