... upon as he challenged the British Empire, and eventually freed his people. The only weapons Gandhi was guilty of using were "weapons of truth, non-injury, courage and soul force" (King 103). In his letter, King also compared his civil disobedience and those of the Negros to the some Biblical characters. Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego nonviolently refused to obey King Nebuchadnezzar, since ... higher laws. King also told of Daniel who refused to submit to the laws of the Roman Empire and ended up being thrown in a lion's den. Wise Greek philosopher Socrates himself practiced civil disobed...

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