Henry David Thoreau On The Government

Thoreau thinks that the only time that the government is useful is when it stood aside, not doing anything. He also thinks that the government does not do anything other than impose things upon men. According to him, the government should have settled the country west, educate and keep the country free but it does not do that. Thoreau thinks that the American people would have been better off without the government at achieving this but he also says that America need to government to keep them together.

Thoreau thinks that civilians have already signed their name to American and they are no better than the stones and woods that lie in it. If they see injustice, they are to protest or boycott until the government takes interest in the issue.