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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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...

public inconveniencey, it is the will of God... that the established government be obeyed--and no longer" (1755). Christ was also...

In seven pages this paper examines civil disobedience as envisioned by MLK and the lack of conformity of Gandhi to this view. Fou...

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

is 18 years of age has the right to vote in all general governmental elections. NOTEWORTHY VOTING RIGHTS HISTORY The first notewo...

Act: "All persons shall be entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, and privileges, advantages...

In five pages this paper evaluates the short and long term influences of Malcolm and King in a contrasting of their very different...

house (Moody 44). Bruce Clayton and John Salmond, who wrote, Debating Southern History, state that during the fifties and sixties...

In a paper of eight pages the Ruffin v. Commonwealth case of 1871 is considered in terms of the civil rights' indifference shown t...

In five pages this paper discusses civil rights, rights for women, the 'temp' or temporary worker, and safety in the workplace in ...

In five pages this paper examines the U.S. history of segregation and how despite concerted civil rights' efforts, still remains. ...

In five pages this paper examines the media's role in presenting Martin Luther King's civil rights' message in a consideration of ...

In eight pages this paper examines how Dr. King used the electronic media to get his civil rights' message across. Six sources ar...

5 pages and 1 source used. This paper provides an overview of The Civil Wars by Julius Caesar. This relates the central themes a...

as if the major difference between the nations of Europe, with the exception of Great Britain that is entrenched in the common law...

starvation (Philips). While this African nation is at peace today, the causes of this conflict, that is, "ethnic rivalry and mist...

and the rights of privacy prevented a more proactive actions being taken to find these threats. This is a core element of the argu...

This essay presents a review of "The English Civil War: Trial of the King Killers," which is a short video that dramatizes several...