"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 alter them. They think that, if they should resist, the remedy would be worse than the evil...Cast your whole vote, not a strip of paper merely, but your whole influence. A minority is powerless while it conforms to the majority; it is not even a minority then; but it is irresistible when it clogs by its whole weight. If the alternative is to keep all just men in prison, or give up war and slavery, the State will not hesitate which to choose. If a thousand men were not to pay their tax-bills this year, that would not be a violent and bloody measure, as it would be to pay them, and enable the State to commit violence and shed innocent blood. This is, in fact, the definition of a peaceable revolution, if any such is possible. "
The main idea of the passage up above is C. It is hard to change an unjust law because the author mentions in the passage that man would be obligate to change an unjust law, if others would be able to as well, but for minors cannot, for going against such order and power would only result in more suffering.
Which quote supports your answer in #5? *B. "Cast your whole vote, not a strip of paper merely, but your whole influence. A minority is powerless while it conforms to the majority;" I would also say c, to support my reasoning in that "but for minors cannot, for going against such order and power would only result in more suffering." but option b is the best because it is the overall theme of the passage.
"Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also prison." What is meant by this quote from the video? *D. Citizens have to stand up for those who are unjustly imprisoned by standing up for what is right, which sometimes means breaking a law that is unjust. the quote is saying that the government sends just people to jail, and that the true place for a just man is also prison, meaning that either way, both unjust and just men will go to prison.
