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    citizens have the right to take actions. Peaceful resistance to law positively impacts all societies in the world‚ no matter the era. Rewinding almost 150 years‚ we turn towards a man who believes that civil disobedience is actually a necessity in society. Henry David Thoreau defended civil disobedience by stating it is a citizen’s responsibility to act against a corrupt government. In his time‚ he protested vehemently against a greedy government who was seeking dominance. His refusal to pay a poll

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    Michael D. Tiong ENGLCOM 11/12/12 11216964 C38-B Thesis Statement: Civil Disobedience‚ though often taken as a refusal to obey governmental instruction‚ was in fact an appropriate gesture of the people during the People Power Revolution because the people demonstrated democratic action when they felt that they were being oppressed. Outline: I. Overview of Civil Disobedience A. Brief History 1. Origins of the word B. Definition of Terms 1. Dictionary

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    Thoreau’s primary argument in “Civil Disobedience” is that the government should be less involved in order to work at its best. He focuses on the idea that people shouldn’t be forced to fight for something they don’t believe in. For example‚ Thoreau talks about the armed forces and how soldiers are required to go to war‚ even if they don’t support the cause or think it’s right. Thoreau argues that people should have a say in what they want to support and have the ability to do what they think is

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    2013 Civil Disobedience: The cost of change More than 40‚000 strong activists from the Sierra Club protested at the White House to reject the Keystone XL Pipeline proposal. They protested because they the extraction of tar sand oil and moving it from Canada to Texas will pollute the groundwater in the surface (Hammel). Civil disobedience is “the active‚ professed refusal to obey certain laws‚ demands‚ and commands of a government‚ or of an occupying international power” (Civil Disobedience). Throughout

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    As the word civil is included in "civil disobedience" these things are professed in a calm and nonviolent way. Henry David Thoreau once said "If a plant cannot live according to nature‚ it dies; and so a man." This quote is related to how the government is ran. If the conditions aren’t right and equal‚ the man will suffer. In 1849‚ Thoreau wrote an essay called "Civil Disobedience." Henry disagreed with slavery and fought to end it. In his

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    In Henry Thoreau’s From Civil Disobedience‚ modern government and its regime are questioned— highlighting its inherent ineffective praxis. Though flaws in the government systems are alluded to‚ Thoreau declares that he is not in favour of the government being eradicated per say‚ just improved. Society however‚ are called to realize that—even if the government is deemed ‘better’— there are ‘congenital’ defects of such an omnipresent and invasive authoritative body. Thoreau brilliantly uses diction

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    In the two essays “Self Reliance” and “Civil Disobedience‚ written Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau respectively‚ the two 19th century transcendentalists speak about what it means to be an individual and how society can be changed for the better. While both authors stress the need for nonconformity and individuality‚ the essays differ on the details. In “Self Reliance”‚ Emerson goes on to talk about the American sense of individuality. He makes the claim that the traditions of old are

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    In the readings Civil Disobedience and the Letter From Birmingham Jail‚ by Henry David Thoreau and Dr. Martin Luther King‚ they both focus on the matter of civil disobedience and the right of which every individual person should know that is it morally right to disobey laws that are unjust‚ and should be willing to face the aftermath of consequences. They both argue that the society that we live in would be a better place and of one unity if the citizens would know the difference between the concept

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    Affirmative Argument Civil disobedience is the refusal to comply with certain laws or to pay taxes and fines‚ as a peaceful form of political protest. The reason civil disobedience is morally justifiable is because‚ as noted in the definition‚ it is peaceful. Peaceful civil disobedience does not harm anyone‚ in fact‚ it just gives the people the freedom of speech they were promised in the Declaration of Independence‚ which might I add‚ resulted initially for civil disobedience. Everyone was given

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    more than a literary genre‚ but also a philosophy. It was a lifestyle that Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau lived and promoted. These two men were considered the Fathers of Transcendentalism‚ and each wrote several essays and stories based around this mindset in hopes of acquiring more followers for the social movement. The two men had different focus through their studies though‚ Thoreau more concerned on government and its influence on man. He was very intrigued by the transcendentalist

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