"In Civil Disobedience", Henry David Thoreau, stresses on the true importance of the individual and his power to alter governmental injustices. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., in "Letter from Birmingham Jail", places strong emphasis on direct action to impose reform, while promoting the equalization of rights for all individuals. Both ... honesty in his words, provoking not only a great appeal but a desire to continue acknowledging his words. Then we have Thoreau with his wide variety of ethics and morals, that although are appealing to a certain extent, contain a slightly pretentious feel, radi...

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