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Thoreau opens his essay with a radical paradox: "that government is best which governs not at all" what does thoreau mean?
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Thoreau opens his essay with a radical paradox: "that government is best which governs not at all" what does thoreau mean?

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Thoreau means that the government should trust the citizens to make their own decisions. He suggests that in an ideal world people would not need governments at all


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