Following the election of Abraham Lincoln, the southern states became worrisome. In a letter to Alexander Stephens, President Lincoln stresses the importance of the southern states using their right of petition rather than revolution and war. Despite this, the Civil War breaks out, and with it, bloodshed. This is not to say that movements may start as civil and end bloody, as seen with the likes of Malcolm X, or in certain sects of the Black Lives Matter movement. However, the non-violent parts of these movements have proven to generate more support and change than those which are violent. Civil Disobedience is not merely an american idea. In fact, one of the most honored adopters of Civil Disobedience is Gandhi. His use of civil disobedience and preaching against violence fostered an amazing revolution of India against Britain and the almost peaceful movement of Muslims and Hindus. He once preached that “noncooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good.” This can also be seen in the actions of families who hid Jews during the Holocaust. This, although not as visible, was a violation of the written law in accordance with Natural
Following the election of Abraham Lincoln, the southern states became worrisome. In a letter to Alexander Stephens, President Lincoln stresses the importance of the southern states using their right of petition rather than revolution and war. Despite this, the Civil War breaks out, and with it, bloodshed. This is not to say that movements may start as civil and end bloody, as seen with the likes of Malcolm X, or in certain sects of the Black Lives Matter movement. However, the non-violent parts of these movements have proven to generate more support and change than those which are violent. Civil Disobedience is not merely an american idea. In fact, one of the most honored adopters of Civil Disobedience is Gandhi. His use of civil disobedience and preaching against violence fostered an amazing revolution of India against Britain and the almost peaceful movement of Muslims and Hindus. He once preached that “noncooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good.” This can also be seen in the actions of families who hid Jews during the Holocaust. This, although not as visible, was a violation of the written law in accordance with Natural