Thoreau opens his essay with a radical paradox: "that government is best which governs not at all" what does thoreau mean?

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Amparo · Answer 1 · 2017-05-21T03:54:39+0000

Thoreau means that the government should trust the citizens to make their own decisions. He suggests that in an ideal world people would not need governments at all

Thoreau opens his essay with a radical paradox: "that government is best which governs not at all" what does thoreau mean?

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