Civil Disobedience Persuasive Speech
Entering into adult hood is the most exciting and terrifying experience I have yet to face. I have dreams, ideas, goals and self expectations for my future but without a free society I would not be able to realize any of these. I would be dictated by a governing entity and live my life performing the tasks set before me while still dreaming of a future that is my own. I am grateful that I live in a country where free will is recognized and I am able to reach for and obtain my dreams. The people of the United States of America have choices and are in charge of their own destiny but sometimes these beliefs or choices do not fall inside the scope of the current laws. Peaceful displays of civil disobedience are courses of actions that can have
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The Bill of Rights was the first amendment to the Constitution of the United States and protected our freedoms. Since 1791, over two hundred years ago, the American people have relied on these rights and fought to expand them. The process used to amend the Constitution has often involved civil disobedience. Through this peaceful process we have been given additional rights in the form of amendments that are just as important as the original ten including: abolishing slavery and women’s right to vote. People also protest against current issues when they believe there point of view is correct and are willing to accept the punishment to bring the injustice to the front of American’s minds using civil disobedience. One example of this is a sit in that occurred at a Montana university where 16 students were arrested. The people who commit civil disobedience in these situations believed that in order to right a wrong they themselves had to commit a crime and were punished for …show more content…
The nineteenth amendment secured women’s right to vote but the fight that led up to the ratification was a long one. The movement, as it was called, lasted seventy years before the right was granted and there were many protests, marches and parades’ protesting what they believed was an injustice against women. One of the activists was Alice Paul. She was arrested several times and spent several months in prison for picketing the White House in 1917. While in prison she was beaten, force fed and assigned solitary confinement but through it all she continued to believe that the cause was worth the punishment. This helped attain President Wilson’s support and eventually the
The Bill of Rights was the first amendment to the Constitution of the United States and protected our freedoms. Since 1791, over two hundred years ago, the American people have relied on these rights and fought to expand them. The process used to amend the Constitution has often involved civil disobedience. Through this peaceful process we have been given additional rights in the form of amendments that are just as important as the original ten including: abolishing slavery and women’s right to vote. People also protest against current issues when they believe there point of view is correct and are willing to accept the punishment to bring the injustice to the front of American’s minds using civil disobedience. One example of this is a sit in that occurred at a Montana university where 16 students were arrested. The people who commit civil disobedience in these situations believed that in order to right a wrong they themselves had to commit a crime and were punished for …show more content…
The nineteenth amendment secured women’s right to vote but the fight that led up to the ratification was a long one. The movement, as it was called, lasted seventy years before the right was granted and there were many protests, marches and parades’ protesting what they believed was an injustice against women. One of the activists was Alice Paul. She was arrested several times and spent several months in prison for picketing the White House in 1917. While in prison she was beaten, force fed and assigned solitary confinement but through it all she continued to believe that the cause was worth the punishment. This helped attain President Wilson’s support and eventually the