Thoreau's Essay 'Civil Disobedience'

In his essay, called “Civil Disobedience”, Thoreau, talks about how He wants a better government. Thoreau states that there should be no government, by saying that he essentially thinks that it will be better without an actual government, and therefore, “when men are prepared for no government, that will be the kind of government which they will have” (part 1, par. 1). So He is saying that the people are the owner of the country, and wants people to rule the country. This ideology is similar to communism and socialism, by the means of a self-govern government, meaning that the government is the people itself. In this sense, He leaves the country to the individuals’ conscience and not wanting the law to rule the country. Thoreau asks that, “Can
there not be a government in which majorities do not virtually decide right and wrong, but conscience?”(Part 1, Par. 4). He develops his ideas about leaving the government to the peoples’ conscience by saying that people can disagree with the state and pull back their support from to them. “Which even would not think it inconsistent with its own repose if a few were to live aloof from it” (part 3, par. 19). In here, Thoreau wants the state to treat the individuals with respect even if they are apart from it.