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    Did you know that Civil Disobedience has been known and used for centuries .Civil disobedience was used by many famous people like Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. Gandhi used civil disobedience to go up against the british with nonviolent to get independence for India. Civil disobedience is the refusal to comply with certain laws or to pay taxes and fines‚ as a peaceful form of political protest. Martin Luther King Jr. fought for civil rights and he led the civil right movement along with others

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    Civil disobedience is the act of openly breaking the law or refusing to comply with government demands then willingly accepting punishment for the action. In Henry David Thoreau’s case‚ spending a night in jail was the result of his civil disobedience when he refused to pay poll-tax. Like Thoreau‚ Kim Davis was jailed because of her refusal to follow a rule. Since Kim Davis shared a similar experience with Thoreau and that is why I think she would best fit Thoreau’s definition of civil disobedience

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    generals were executed anyhow. Three years later the leaders of the Athens government forced Socrates to arrest and terminate Leon who was from the city of Salamis. The reason for this man’s arrest was because of civil disobedience. Socrates thought this was not right so he refused. Martin Luther King would later use this example in his “letter from Birmingham

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    together while conveying a healthy excersize of thousands’ freedom of speech. Now at this point‚ assuming the unspoken rule of coexistence among one another‚ I would believe civil disobedience would positively impact the society as the want for change along with peaceful

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    An injustice upon black community has been here for decades. In Dr. King’s Letter from Birmingham he discuss how upset he was about the criticisms‚ and wants to address the situation in a mannerable way. Among these criticisms was the efficiency of the white churches. Dr. King wants to do a nonviolent campaign that includes self-purification and negotiation. King was the president of Sothern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)‚ in the Sothern state of Atlanta‚ Georgia he was invited to a non-violent

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    courageous words that set the newly American people on a mission. A mission for life‚ a mission for liberty‚ and a mission for happiness. But those noble ideals embodied in the Declaration of Independence‚ Constitution‚ and Bill of Rights are still far from being achieved‚ and the mission continues to this day. Freedom for America didn’t free the slaves‚ give women the right to vote‚ or end religious prejudice. There is nothing about a law that makes it inherently just‚ and the US is no exception. As

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    Letter from Birmingham City Jail Response Paper Prepared by L. Michelle Price-Johnson January 25‚ 2013 Ethics: Personal and Professional MHR-4510 My first thoughts in reading the Letter from Birmingham City Jail‚ was how striking the similarities were between this letter and the letters that the apostle Paul wrote while imprisoned. In “Paulian” style‚ Dr. Martin Luther King opens with addressing the clergymen with honor‚ clarifying their concerns of his being an “outsider” and

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    Civil Disobedience is an insightful peaceful and in many cases more effective than simple violence at addressing ills in society. If one wishes to partake in civil disobedience they must follow three rules or steps‚ one they must identify an ill in society usually involving governmental oppression. second they need to break said laws or or rules they see ill. And thirdly and possibly most important they must accept all punishment without retaliation or resistance. Another major factor in civil disobedience

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    he was in a protest against slavery‚ he was arrested. He was thrown into jail for one night and later writes about how the government could be better. I agree that Thoreau’s ideas about how a government should be more better is a excellent postulation and I would further add the government today in the twenty first century still hasn’t even changed at all. In Thoreau’s essayCivil Disobedience” he describes his night in jail while he is also writing about the government. I strongly agree with Thoreau’s

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    Civil disobedience is derived off of free will and a blank slate‚ that a human’s ability to peacefully and soughtly disobey the law is courageous and brave. This world we live in is so twisted‚ we begin to start believing “the wrong people are in jail and the wrong people are out of jail”. So faintly it has become true‚ many of which that are in jail have fought/protested for a free society for the better. These type of people who act upon civil disobedience have a positive impact on society for

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