from+Civil+Disobedience

In this short piece of literature, Thoreau gives his view on government. His transendentalist ideas and his anticonformist-against the norm attitude made his Civil Disobedince persuasive essay all the more harsh and drastic. He declares that a government which doesn't govern is the best government, and that the people should stand against anything they believe to be incorrect. He Himself does not pay taxes to show his contempt, this puts him in jail for a short while.