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             governs least". Putting the quote into meaning, it says a State will run better if the government stepped aside better then it would if the government was constantly making the decisions for the people.
             What seems to burn Thoreau even more are those who did not agree with the government's acts, but stood by and done nothing about it, they just wait to see what may come out of it and to Thoreau waiting is time wasted.
             When he refuses to help a government, which he does not agree with, by the means of not paying his respected poll tax, he was thrown into jail. Once he came out of jail, he realized that those who he thought were friends, were indeed people who just went along with what the government set fourth and thought nothing else of the unjust laws. Thoreau was treated as if he was a common criminal and all he was
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