How did Haledjian know?

Considering "civil disobedience," why did both thoreau and martin luther king, jr. engage in acts of civil disobedience? to take a stand against government taxation to protest government policies they believed were unjust to protest slavery and the mexican-american war to take a stand against unfair laws in the 1950s and ‘60s

What is the roosevelt’s main purpose in this speech

Read the excerpt and answer the question. then i lost my head entirely, mad with the power of exciting such what type of figurative language is used in the excerpt? idiom hyperbole metaphor alliteration