Thoreau, King, Gandhi and Civil Disobedience

ts forms and urged readers to let their feelings be known about their
             government if they wanted things to change. He wrote, "Let every man make
             known what kind of government would command his respect, and that will be
             one step toward obtaining it" (Thoreau 48). Thoreau advocates civil
             disobedience as a form of political protest, and he supports taking a
             sharp look at laws before blinding following them. He states, "Law never
             made men a whit more just; and, by means of their respect for it, even the
             well-disposed are daily made the agents of injustice" (Thoreau 48).
             He sees the only way to create a "perfect" world is to rise and
             speak out when injustices occur, and this
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