Let 's first talk about when the law goes against a human 's conscience. If a man’s conscious says that what he is doing is right and that person isn 't injuring someone then it probably the right thing for that person to do. “Why has every man a conscience then? I think that we should be men first, and subjects afterwards” (Thoreau). What this quote is saying is that why do we have a conscience …show more content…
I agree with people saying that some of the government’s actions have good reasons to be in effect. But, there are some such as ignoring the national debt that is in the trillions and is still growing what is the reason for ignoring that. We claim to be the best country the world has but with the debt we have we are one of the most poor countries in the world. What benefit do we have for ignoring disease and famine in other countries that can not get help with these things. These are some of the reasons why the government is not perfect.
The government is good in many ways but in some things it does people need to stand against it. Things that just are plain wrong for the people. “Government is at best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all are sometimes, inexpedient”