Bureaucracy In Civil Disobedience

“Civil Disobedience” by Henry David Thoreau talks about the importance of virtues and how the virtues of an individual create the very means for a society to thrive. Thoreau explains that these values give individuals a voice and power over their government, which is how a true democracy should function. In a healthy democracy, the government values and respects the individual. Due to this, Thoreau believes that the individuals in society should learn that they must choose to do what is right in order to control their government and be free.

Ethics of an individual creates the idea that the people’s morals have influence with the government and brings the truth to correct the wrongs. This shows that people’s morals and the perception of their

The majority should be the ones with the power to change all aspects of society within the nation. However, if the bureaucracy goes against the will of society, then the identity of the individual must show concerns towards the authority. “There are nine hundred and ninety-nine patrons of virtue to one virtuous man; but it is easier to deal with the real possessor of a thing than with the temporary guardian of it.” (Part 1, paragraph 10). Indication of the virtues relies on the actions of the people to show the means of change and opinion for the good of society. Therefore, a government run by the people is the better government in Thoreau’s perspective. “You must live within yourself, and depend upon yourself always tucked up and ready for a start, and not have many affairs.” (Part 2, paragraph 11). Thoreau emphasizes that the ministry should achieve the means for the best of the majority, which emphasizes the instrumental input of the people’s powerful voice to make sure the honorable overcomes the errors. “Confucius said, ‘If a state is governed by principles of reason, poverty and misery

“It is with unity of thought; spirit and action revive the democratic system.” (Ideas Live On, paragraph 28). These words illuminate the need to bring the people to control the government with the qualms of the body, believing that the people and the values create the very system that the nation survives on. Throughout the speech, “Ideas Live On” by Bhutto, emphasizes the idea of the necessity of the democratic society that gives the conscience control of the way of life on the international scale. “It lies in creating harmony in society through consensus as well as ensuring that the light of justice spreads throughout the dark corners of the country.”(Ideas Live On, paragraph 25). This quote symbolizes that the “better government” is one where the people’s integrity is the essential foundation for a nation to raise and be brought back to its former glory. Ideas such as the better government create an ideal environment that soon illustrates the creation of the future, “Mr. Winston Churchill foretold “The empires of the future, will be the empires of the mind”.” (Ideas Live On, paragraph 2). If nations arise with the predetermined principles that the government is run by the power of physical strength than that of the conscience, it is a nugatory government. If the government is run by the power of the