Democracy is an impossible thing until the power is shared by all, but let not democracy degenerate into mobocracy. Henry David Thoreau Thoreau strived to live a life of simplicity and self-honesty in harmony with nature. Here is what he said about government. The objections which have been brought against a standing army, and they are many and weighty, and deserve to prevail, may also at last be brought against a standing government. There will never be a really free and enlightened State until the State comes to recognize the individual as a higher and independent power, from which all its own power and authority are derived, and treats him accordingly.
People gladly die.
By not interfering the sage improves the people's lives. The more theft corrupts people. Express no desire, and the people harmonize with each other. Future Directions Mary Ruwart's book points out that libertarianism is at its heart a peaceful, healing philosophy. A libertarian isn't just a principled agent of change like those who fought against the British, against slavery, and against the draft.