Civil Disobedience
...uld be a violent and bloody measure, as it would be to pay them, and enable the State to commit violence and shed innocent blood.” Thoreau can relate to a particular situation as he was put in jail because he did not pay his pool taxes for six years. To be your own person is important when it comes to the government and your conscience to pay taxes. In a government situation majority rule should be one way to resolve the conflict. Majority rule is physically the strongest when it comes to making decisions. A citizen should never resign their conscience in deciding conflicts. As Thoreau states in his opinion, “Can their not be a government in which majorities do not virtually decide right and wrong, but conscience?” You may doubt your conscience at times but always follow your instincts. To join the military or branches of it is a free choice. To be in the armed forces you have to be willing to make your own choices with the help of your conscience. The mass of men serve with their own judgments or of...