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In seven pages this research paper examines how King's philosophy of nonviolent protest was influenced by Indian practitioner of c...

permission. Abraham Lincoln promoted the Platonic view in his Gettysburg Address in saying that the government should be "of the ...

. . For government is an expedient by which men would fain succeed in letting one another alone; and, as has been said, when it is...

of submitting to such solitude seems to be particularly poignant in todays society, where we all live such hectic, fast-paced live...

human tendencies that fall alongside the more admirable qualities. These qualities, in fact, can be credited with the less praise...

Firstly, one might suppose that Thoreau would support the Occupy Wall Street protests due to his assertion that individuals should...

In 1896, Plessy v. Fergusson asserted that "equal but separate" accommodations for blacks on railroad cars did not violate the "eq...

gets. If anything Thoreau gives us an emotional warning, He who gives himself entirely to his fellow men appears to them useles...

as Thoreau gets. If anything Thoreau gives us a warning about excessive public involvement: He who gives himself entirely to hi...

being. If it was all the same to them, he must have said, Ill stay where I am. His famous "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" were pub...

being obedient. As the key Civil Rights moments mentioned above illustrate, civil disobedience is characterized by an abs...

Malcolm X who had such ideas, and his concept had nothing to do with changing class problems, but with race. The notion that soci...

or supports the individual personality is just; anything disrespectful or degrading is unjust (274). Himself a contempora...

garnered from the ideals of Thoreau as well (Scholastic). In light of these facts it is clear that King was not only influenced di...

act of not being obedient. He contrasted the longevity of nature with the ethereal nature of that manmade contrivance we call gov...

government is as likely as the army to be "abused and perverted before the people can act through it" (Thoreau, 1849). He cites th...

In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at illegal workers. A case is made for civil disobedience as an ethical response. Pape...

kill. They are trained to do this in order to eliminate their own risk of death. The use of deadly force is justified because offi...

pleas, Socrates will not hear of any escape plans. He points out that, even though the sentence was unjust, it was perfectly legal...

perhaps argue that Thoreau was not a great supporter of government rule, and that anarchy was perhaps the most desirable goal, ass...

American people, Thoreau argues that the government "does not settle the West. It does no educate" that it is the American people...

are the destroyer; and are doing what only a miserable slave would do, running away and turning your back upon the compacts and ag...

courts and token governorships were merely means to placate the population without offering "real freedom or power" (Fischer 158)....

"That government is best which governs least....For government is an expedient by which men would...

emphasized the importance of self reliance. Both Emerson and Thoreau are remembered for their philosophies that encapsulate...

that it was necessary to vote. He felt that it was not the duty of the individual to try to make governments better or to try to...

In five pages this quote is considered within the context of injustice in a discussion of such works as Chief Joseph's I Will Figh...

In six pages this paper presents a mock Nightline interview featuring author of The Wretched of the Earth Frantz Fanon and nonviol...

(Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass An American Slave, 2001 and See Also Thoreau, 1993). This comparative essay examines ...

In eight pages this paper compares the approaches to civil disobedience by Mahatma Gandhi and Leo Tolstoy noting various differenc...