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satyagraha – "truth force" – was highly idealistic; without rejecting the rule of law as a principle ...
The second message of Civil Disobedience is rebelling against the government. Thoreau admits there must be a standing government, and it does good. But he says if you don't agree with something, then rebel. You don't have to change the law yourself, just don't obey it. That's a revolution by itself. The pinnacle of Civil Disobedience is that if a law "requires you to be an agent of injustice, then I say, break the law."
The second message of Civil Disobedience is rebelling against the government. Thoreau admits there must be a standing government, and it does good. But he says if you don't agree with something, then rebel. You don't have to change the law yourself, just don't obey it. That's a revolution by itself. The pinnacle of Civil Disobedience is that if a law "requires you to be an agent of injustice, then I say, break the law."
==Ideas of Mahatma Gandhi==
*In South Africa Gandhi worked to improve living conditions for the Indian minority. This work, which was especially directed against increasingly racist legislation, made him develop a strong Indian and religious commitment, and a will to self-sacrifice. With a great deal of success he introduced a method of non-violence in the Indian struggle for basic human rights. The method, satyagraha – "truth force" – was highly idealistic; without rejecting the rule of law as a principle, the Indians should break those laws which were unreasonable or suppressive. Each individual would have to accept punishment for having violated the law. However, he should, calmly, yet with determination, reject the legitimacy of the law in question. This would, hopefully, make the adversaries – first the South African authorities, later the British in India – recognise the unlawfulness of their legislation. [http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/articles/gandhi/index.html]