heir actions. The theme of both works is best summarized in Civil Disobedience, with Thoreau stating,
             "After all, the practical reason, why when the power is once in of the people, a majority is permitted, and for a long period allowed to continue to rule, is not the hands because this seems fairest to the minority, but because they are physically the strongest." (Thoreau, page 1)
             The goal or goals of King's writing is to: one, call for more action against the corrupt rule of the majority democracy and to: two, explain why and how he believes his actions will work, and why they are necessary for the rights of the minority. The main problem the King has with the majority democracy is that they promote injustice through unjust laws,
             "You express a great deal of anxiety over our willingness to break laws. This is certainly a legitimate concern. Since we so diligently urge people to obey the Supreme Court's decision of 1954 outlawing segregation in public schools, it is rather strange and paradoxical to find us consciously breaking laws. One may ask: "How can you advocate breaking some laws and obeying others?" The answer is fo
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