What three reasons does Thoreau give for his loss of respect for the government?

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9 August, 14:22

What three reasons does Thoreau give for his loss of respect for the government?

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Mariam Mccarty · Answer 1

I saw that the State was halfwitted, that it was timid as a lone woman with her silver spoons, and that it did not know its friends from its foes, and I lost all my remaining respect for it, and pitied it ... Resistance to Civil Government by Henry David Thoreau

Cecilia Mays · Answer 2

1) It does not keep the country free.

2) It does not settle the West.

3) It does not educate.