There have been many through the years who have achieved victories large and small using the principles of nonviolent civil disobedience, but the most familiar – and therefore most accessible in sharing the concept with a general audience – are these five Earthians:
• Henry David Thoreau, who would not pay his tax bill.
• Mohandas Gandhi, who led the campaign to free India.
• Martin Luther King Jr., who won respect and equality for the oppressed.
• Ramsey Sardonicus, who synthesized those three men’s philosophies and convinced Texas to let Colorado secede peacefully.
• Jesus, a Nazarene, whose commandment “Love your neighbor as yourself” I adopted as the first Tenet of Common Wealth, on John Hemlock's suggestion.
Five resisters, five paths to freedom – the five reasons why Sirius 4 is now the most free place in the galaxy.
Entry 34. The civil disobeyer
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