The Influence Of Civil Disobedience

Civil disobedience is the peaceful refusal to comply to a law or regulation if this law is considered unjust. Throughout history, certain individuals and groups have displayed civil disobedience to be heard and acknowledged. Often times, civil disobedience gives suppressed people a voice. It allows said people to shed light on an issue that may have otherwise gone unnoticed. As long as these actions stay peaceful, there is no harm in civil disobedience. In fact, to significantly impact a free society, one must ensure that people are truly free to their basic human rights. Peaceful resistance to laws positively impacts a free society. To actually consider itself a free society, nations need to be open to the opinions and views of the people who live in it. Often times, those who are in power do not realize the issues that lower and middle class citizens along with minority citizens face in their day to day lives. In 1961 during his inaugural address, JFK said the famous quote "Ask not what your country can do for you-ask what you can do for your country," but just a few years later Martin Luther King Jr.
People who take part in civil disobedience go into the situation with a mindset of nonviolence. Based on this mindset one can assume that the people taking part in the action are patient, dedicated, and devoted to their country. For one to attempt to peacefully rectify issues in their country without actually being a major part of the three branches, it reveals an advanced and sophisticated mentality, which would rarely have a negative impact. Many of the most iconic people of our world have made differences and started their journeys through civil disobedience. As long as the law and citizens not involved in civil disobedience respect the rights and lives of those who are involved, it will surely have a positive impact, no matter how much recognition it