Civil Disobedience

What government does Thoreau say is best? Provide the quotation from Civil Disobedience that supports your answer.

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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."

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