Civil Disobedience
Civil Disobedience is the refusal to obey any laws, taxes, or any fines without any violent acts. From Thomas Jefferson to Dr. martin Luther King Jr to David Thoreau. Each of these was a different case, but all impacted the world in the same way. Some people believe it keeps the government in check and others believe it shows defiance to the law. Many people like Thoreau believed that unjust laws existed and that the government needed improvement. I believe that civil disobedience to laws negatively impacts the free society, whether there is harm or no harm done it still negatively impacts the free society.
Thomas Jefferson believed "If a law is unjust, a man is not only right to disobey it, he is obligated to do so." He states this not in a speech but paraphrases it in the declaration of independence it is okay to disobey the law. He says “whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government...,". Jefferson is completely with the fact that civil disobedience positively impacts the free society. He thinks it is okay for people to disturb the peace with …show more content…
Martin Luther King Jr said “An individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment so as to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law”. Dr. King went to church as a child and learned about civil disobedience and what was wrong from right in times of doubt. Although his practices were focused on the lord, most of his decisions were non-Christian based. Dr. King made his big speech August 28, 1963 called “I Have a dream”. Martin Luther King disagreed with civil disobedience because he believed that riots were a way to speak without speaking. He thought it disturbed the peace in a negative way but that blacks were on his side and had a right to
Civil Disobedience is the refusal to obey any laws, taxes, or any fines without any violent acts. From Thomas Jefferson to Dr. martin Luther King Jr to David Thoreau. Each of these was a different case, but all impacted the world in the same way. Some people believe it keeps the government in check and others believe it shows defiance to the law. Many people like Thoreau believed that unjust laws existed and that the government needed improvement. I believe that civil disobedience to laws negatively impacts the free society, whether there is harm or no harm done it still negatively impacts the free society.
Thomas Jefferson believed "If a law is unjust, a man is not only right to disobey it, he is obligated to do so." He states this not in a speech but paraphrases it in the declaration of independence it is okay to disobey the law. He says “whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government...,". Jefferson is completely with the fact that civil disobedience positively impacts the free society. He thinks it is okay for people to disturb the peace with …show more content…
Martin Luther King Jr said “An individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment so as to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law”. Dr. King went to church as a child and learned about civil disobedience and what was wrong from right in times of doubt. Although his practices were focused on the lord, most of his decisions were non-Christian based. Dr. King made his big speech August 28, 1963 called “I Have a dream”. Martin Luther King disagreed with civil disobedience because he believed that riots were a way to speak without speaking. He thought it disturbed the peace in a negative way but that blacks were on his side and had a right to