Aside from man fighting for freedom or beliefs, the question is whether one person can make a difference using words instead of wars. In "Letter from Birmingham Jail" and "Resistance to Civil Government" by Martin Luther King Jr. and Henry David Thoreau, it has been proved that words can work in society but in the right manner. Injustice is a very important thing to King and Thoreau when it comes to the ... of inferiority. Hence segregation is not only politically, economically, and sociologically unsound, it is morally wrong and sinful." That is his way to ending segregation. Thoreau on the...

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... and advocating a non-violent protest. Martin Luther King Jr. has similar themes in his speech "I Have a Dream". Like Thoreau, King is disappointed with the American government. One of Kings disappointments is over a broken promise. A promise, that is written in our Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, which clearly states that all men are granted the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. King ... Negroes to continue their protest with dignity and discipline without conducting any type of physical violence. King also tells Negroes not to distrust of all white...

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