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A 7 page discussion of the philosophy of nonviolence. Although King, Gandhi, and Chavez represent largely different points in history from one another, each was influenced to one degree or another by the writings of Thoreau. Each was successful in effecting great societal change with the use of Thoreau’s nonviolent tactics. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Nonviolent protest has been an integral part of civilization for centuries. In more recent history, however, we tend to
think of names like Henry David Thoreau, Martin Luther King Jr., Indian spiritual leader Gandhi, and Cesar Chavez when we think of nonviolent protest. Although King, Gandhi, and Chavez
represent largely different points in history from one another, each was influenced to one degree or another by the writings of Thoreau. Each was successful in effecting great societal
change with the use of Thoreaus nonviolent tactics. Thoreau, of course, was the first of the men noted above to voice the philosophy
of nonviolent protest. Thoreau published "Civil Disobedience" in 1849, several years before the birth of King, Gandhi, or Chavez. This treatise encouraged resistance to government and policies through
the simple act of not being obedient. He contrasted the longevity of nature with the ethereal nature of that manmade contrivance we call government, noting that:
"Nations come and go without defiling it. It is a mirror which no stone can crack, whose
quicksilver will never wear off, whose gilding Nature continually repairs" (Thoreau 188). Thoreau
saw this as a peaceful form of resistance to governmental policies and institutions which he saw as inappropriate. Thoreau believed civil disobedience a healthy form of instituting change. He
believed, as Gandhi would later observe, that civil disobedience could not harm a true democracy, only an autocratic state. Thoreau writes in Civil Disobedience:
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