Henry David Thoreau loved nature just as much, if not more than Ralph Waldo Emerson. He was also against government for the most part. He seems to wish that there was no form of government, although he does admit it can't happen right away.
At the very least he wants government to become less involved in the daily lives of the people. He states right from the beginning that he heartily accepts the saying: "That government is best which governs not at all."
He says that will be the government we will have when man is ready for it. I believe man will probably never be ready for it. Man will probably never be ready for it because it's not in our nature. For as long as man has existed, they have had a leader (or a government) of some kind. Whether that leader/government was God or a person or persons, it has always existed in some way. It's a fun thought to think about, though.
A lot of his ideas can be heard by Presidential Candidates today.
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