Civil Disobedience was written by Henry David Thoreau, and there he stresses the way the government treats us as people. He also expresses great points on why we should stand up to what we feel is an unjust law. The government has all power that they just may not deserve. They take advantage of their position because we are supposed to listen to the law. We are not supposed to stand up to things we do not believe in because it is not expected of us. Laws that have not been challenged are very much laws we have to look into and ask ourselves are these fair. We need to ask ourselves what is an unjust law. There are many ways to stand up to the government but how exactly do we make it happen? We petition and we vote but does that really fix anything? Does that really help us be heard? Well, Thoreau choose to challenge the government in a way he felt that he could be heard, by not paying his taxes, which landed him in jail for a night. This was just one step into really becoming heard on what he believed in. He begins to think about how he could better the government rather than shut it down. "...I ask for not at once no government, but at once a better government." Thoreau made many points on why he felt the law was not fair to many people. He felt men of the army or militia, working for the government, worked as "machines" but never really had an understanding on why they were serving for their country. People do things now and days, not because they feel it is the right thing to do, but because they have to. Thoreau helps you understand, after reading civil disobedience, just because it is the law does not mean it is right for the people. He says “Unjust laws exist; shall we be content to obey them, or shall we endeavor to amend them, and obey them until we have succeeded, or shall we transgress them at once? Men generally, under such a government as this, think that they ought to wait until they have persuaded the majority to alt