Unit 6

"But, to speak practically and as a citizen, unlike those who call themselves no-government men, I ask for, not at once no government, but at once a better government. Let every man make known what kind of government would command his respect, and that will be one step toward obtaining it."

Many people call themselves antigovernment, for the sole reason that they believe everytime government is involve, things usually go wrong. This quote is implying how people should see the government. Instead of calling yourself anti-government and tend to oppose anything that government put in please, such should look for ways to help better our government. In this quote, Thoreau is implying that even though he condemn a lot of things that the government does, he is t anti-government. He wants a better government, a government that will listen to its people and do rights for the people and by the people. A government that is literally govern by the people. 

I pick this quote because I've came across a lot of people who oppose the government, especially in my home land, Haiti. Haitian politics is very complicated, only a small portion of the population make their ways to the poll when its election time. But, when the government that is in place isn't doing what the opposition think is right, they go on riots. History always repaeats itself. I've seen it happens all the time. Let's take the current president of Haiti, Jovenel Moïse, for example. During the election, less than 1.5millions people went to the poll, and he ended up winning the election by less than 1 million votes, in a country that has a population of 10+ millions. Now that he is president, every week there is a demonstration on the street. To me, it's just crazy how so many people refuse to go to the poll and then call themselves anti-government. A country cannot function with a full, And honest government