Read the selection from Civil Disobedience below and give your personal response to how these ideas can be applied to modern and future political situations. Can you think of any issues today that you personally believe should be resisted? How do you feel they should be resisted?
Background to Civil Disobedience:
Ralph Waldo Emerson – “The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”
Henry David Thoreau – “It is not enough to be busy; so are the ants. The question is, what are we busy about?”