![]() ![]() Citizens can express and protest against their government will for war by refusing to pay taxes the same way soldiers refuse to fight an unjust war. He also believes that people that are against the war in Mexico but pay taxes are part of this injustice and have a hand in the war but instead they should boycott the taxes that the government has put. According to Thoreau, this is an oppressed and corrupted act by the government since a moral will was imposed on all citizens whether they are with or against it. The Mexican war was created by eminent individuals that have manipulated the government to their benefit against the citizens’ will. He also sees that there is a moral difference between practicing injustice and failing to prevent injustice explained by the Mexican war. This justifies the moral need for civil disobedience because the government has no right to impose on the citizens’ laws that are against their principles, beliefs, morals and values. ![]() Thoreau opens his essay with “that government is best which governs least” believing that government should be an expedient for the citizens to reach their needs and rights and the minimum number of governments means the most freedom. ![]()
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