Thoreau, Gandhi, Mandela Three different people, three different acts, but one same goal in mind. To not be controlled by the government and unfair words. Thoreau- Civil Disobedience: Him a poet, or just a normal fellow like any other, but with great words. He wasn’t in favor of the government slavery rules. Thoreau had spent one night in jail in July of 1846 for refusal to pay the government his poll tax in protest against slavery. "That government is best which governs least.” He stated Gandhi- Dandi March: Indian to some eyes ,”enemy” to several and a hero to his people. Gandhi a normal citizen stopped being and ordinary person when he took a stand against the British rule in 1930. He decided to march all the
