How should people react, oppressed by others and the government? They certainly don't like being treated unfairly, but they should still obey the laws. Is it to the laws of the country that require total submission or to his beliefs thanks to which he is convinced that the system is totally unjust? So how should citizens defend their freedoms, without using violence or disobeying the law, if they believe it is unjust? If an individual obeys the law, he would automatically be thought to support the unjust system, but if he does not, he would be accused of disobeying the law. There are various controversies about the justification of violence when freedom is threatened. Throughout history, people have had numerous discussions on this topic. Civil disobedience is usually considered an “illegal activity undertaken to protest laws considered unjust” (Schlesinger). To eliminate injustice, or at least the most unjust law in the system, people might begin to disobey that particular law. Thoreau, Gandhi and King were closely related on the concept of civil disobedience, they all thought that government needed a fundamental transformation. However, they supported nonviolent movements. I wouldn't say this was very pretentious: their resort to nonviolence reflected their morality and religious judgments, but this is not accurate enough to work one hundred percent. Some people think of civil disobedience as something that needs to be limited, no one knows to what extent, civil disobedience is always looking for limits. The tactic for rights violation should be openness, because stimulating the public is the purpose of civil disobedience. . Unjust law... middle of paper... and Education, September 2010. Web. November 11, 2010. ."Lesson 3 :: Nonviolence and mass civil disobedience «Dr. Martin Luther King Jr." Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Web. November 16, 2010. "Martin Luther King: The Philosophy of Nonviolent Resistance." Suite101.com: Online magazine and writers' network. Network. November 16, 2010. "The Power of Nonviolence of Martin Luther King, Jr." TeachingAmericanHistory.org - Free seminars and summer institutes for social studies teachers. Network. November 16, 2010. .Simkin, John. "Malcolm X." Spartacus Educational - Home page. Network. November 16. 2010. .