"If a law is unjust a man is not only right to disobey it, he is obligated to do so." With the possible permission of the founding father Thomas Jefferson, it seems only logical to conclude that our founders had a favorable liking to civil disobedience. It is a fundamental right granted to every American citizen whether they be Jus sanguinis (citizens of the blood) or Jus soli (citizens of the soil) outlined in the first amendment of the United States Bill of Rights, "... or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." If so outlined in our "Supreme law of the land", can we not thus argue that civil disobedience is a positive right afforded to society. After all, royalist feared the American Revolution because of the change and new ideas that she promised the colonist and every early American. Our founders, James Madison in particular, were great skeptics of …show more content…
We must use our first amendment right to collectivize and nationalize our country. We must defend our right to the "pursuit of life, liberty, and prosperity." For without these standards we will crumble and the United States of America will no longer be the greatest nation on earth, but become marginalized among the world's dictatorships. There is a unique and specific authority that is embedded in the philosophy of defying government. This is an authority that is bestowed directly among the American people through means of the U.S. Constitution. We are mistaken if, as a people, we do not harness those reigns and direct the country down the path her people have carved out. If we cannot allow ourselves to be a nation that sits in retrospect, but rather a nation that conquers our destiny and reforms our missteps. Henry David Thoreau so eloquently stated "Disobedience is the foundation of true liberty, the obedient must be