Even when he offended government and the Catholic Church and his books were burned he still stuck up for freedom of speech and he said "I do not agree with a word that you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it", he believed that people should have the right to think whatever they wanted and that the government and church should not control peoples thoughts...
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John Locke also believed that government should protect people's natural rights and people can revolt if the government fails or tries to take away peoples natural rights which were life, liberty and property. (doc5) Locke also wrote the 2 treaties of government where he argued that people form government to protect natural rights and the best kind of government had limited power and was accepted by all citizens...
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government Like my ancestors in the labor and civil rights movement, we have to be willing to take protest to the next level. ? These victories were not won through obedience of the law, or by respecting unjust authority; they were won through acts of civil disobedience...	2 / 545
civil disobedience And if injustice is brought upon one group and not on another group than that is unjust. Laws have to cover a population, not a secular group of individuals in which a government wishes to oppress...	2 / 528
Reformation Of Government Through Passive Resistance Once a law is broken, the person must be willing to accept the consequences, which may be the penalty of imprisonment. Although laws may be unjust, but it must be respected regardless...	3 / 708
J.S. Mills: Morality Mill's explains how this concept stems from the debate over the following of unjust laws. Some argue that when a law is inexpedient it is unjust, since all laws impose some restriction on the natural liberty of mankind, and thus may be "blamelessly disobeyed"...	2 / 313