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). ... Movements for civil rights, gender equality, and war resistance, for example, have nudged America closer to its citizens' ideals of freedom and equality. ...

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After reading Henry David Thoreau's Essay on Civil Disobedience for the first time, he reread the essay several times. ... He believe that nonviolent resistance was the most potent weapon available to oppressed people in their struggle for freedom. ... Yet, he felt that if he could do that, he could show them the power that nonviolent resistance could have as a tactical weapon for racism as well as discrimination in America. ...

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