In Thoreau’s opinion, he believes that the government is best which governs not at all. And this kind of government is which the people would like to accept. Government should be an expedient, but usually it is not. It is always used by the people as a tool for politic benefits. Thoreau describes the government as a sort of wooden gun to the people themselves, because it will be broken if people use it to fight with each other. At the same time, Thoreau also discusses about the situation of American government which imposed on themselves for their own advantage, and did nothing for the freedom of the country, the settle in the West, or the education. Thoreau demands a better government, while but he does not advocate to take over of the government. And I think that is why “I cannot for an instant recognize that political organization as my government which is theslave's government also”.
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