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according to thoreau, when wil americans get the best possible kind of government

 

tyler m #229211
Feb 07, 2012 8:03 PM

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according to thoreau, when wil americans get the best possible kind of government

when will americans get the best king of government from thoreau

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Aslan
Feb 07, 2012 8:04 PM

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When they are prepared to dispense with government entirely:

I heartily accept the motto, "That government is best which governs least";
and I should like to see it acted up to more rapidly and systematically.
Carried out, it finally amounts to this, which also I believe--"That government is best which governs not at all"; and when men are prepared for it, that will be the kind of government which they will have. (1)

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