“Civil disobedience...daring acts of courage? Peaceful rebellion.” - Eric Cockrell. Civil disobedience has been around for a long time. People like Mahatma Gandhi, Henry David Thoreau and Martin Luther King Jr. have took up and preached their own theories on civil disobedience. They have different reasons towards the subject but their point of view on it is similar. The selections that will be used that had civil disobedience in it are “Civil Disobedience”, “Letter From Birmingham Jail” and “On Nonviolence Resistance”.
First off in “Civil Disobedience” written by Henry David Thoreau, he talks about the government and how people shouldn’t be obligated to follow the government’s law if it isn’t fair. “The objections which have been brought against a standing army, and they are man and weighty, and deserve to prevail, may also at last be brought against a standing government,” They would to distant themselves from it as an act of (peaceful) protest. Another statement he made was, “But to speak practically and as a citizen...I ask for not once no government but at once a better government.” Thoreau is stating that the …show more content…
Gandhi believed in taking action through non violent means, which is through civil disobedience. In the selection ‘On Nonviolent Resistance’ he says “We will gladly die and will not so much as touch you,” what he means by this is that people have different beliefs others will fight for them violently or peacefully. Gandhi believed in nonviolent actions, he didn’t want the protesters to hurt a hair on anybody’s body, they will gladly die to get the rights they deserve. A second statement he made was, “We made it clear to the said government that we would never bow to its outrageous laws,” if the law was unjust (unfair) to others they will not follow the outrageous laws as an act of protest. The picture provided in the selection relates to the quote recently used. People can disobey the government’s law if it isn’t fair to the
First off in “Civil Disobedience” written by Henry David Thoreau, he talks about the government and how people shouldn’t be obligated to follow the government’s law if it isn’t fair. “The objections which have been brought against a standing army, and they are man and weighty, and deserve to prevail, may also at last be brought against a standing government,” They would to distant themselves from it as an act of (peaceful) protest. Another statement he made was, “But to speak practically and as a citizen...I ask for not once no government but at once a better government.” Thoreau is stating that the …show more content…
Gandhi believed in taking action through non violent means, which is through civil disobedience. In the selection ‘On Nonviolent Resistance’ he says “We will gladly die and will not so much as touch you,” what he means by this is that people have different beliefs others will fight for them violently or peacefully. Gandhi believed in nonviolent actions, he didn’t want the protesters to hurt a hair on anybody’s body, they will gladly die to get the rights they deserve. A second statement he made was, “We made it clear to the said government that we would never bow to its outrageous laws,” if the law was unjust (unfair) to others they will not follow the outrageous laws as an act of protest. The picture provided in the selection relates to the quote recently used. People can disobey the government’s law if it isn’t fair to the