Thoreau was never an advocate of the American government. Its action towards the people and laws applied, Thoreau could never believe them to be just enough. His essay Civil disobedience (1948), written after his arrest after refusing to pay taxes to the government, had a big impact in the American abolitionist movement.
" That government is best which governs least"
" I ask for , not at once government, but at once a better government."
He touches the fact the government is not acting morally right, neither using its conscience. He calls the government inconsistent, valuing those who works least and not recognizing those hard working.
He wants people to see how distasteful has the american government been so far and not to subject to it, because this can make it harder to get any change. People don't need to obey a law just because the majority think its far. the minority shall have the ability to get together and disobeys this laws until they can persuade and convince the majority to change the law.
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