Use the excerpt from Henry David Thoreau’s On the Duty of Civil Disobedience to answer the question. Using the excerpt from Henry David Thoreau’s On the Duty of Civil Disobedience, answer (a) and (b).In 2-3 sentences, identify ONE way that Thoreau expresses his skepticism of governmental power.In 2-3 sentences, explain how Thoreau uses the Mexican-American War to support his conclusions. Excerpt from Henry David Thoreau's On the Duty of CivilDisobedience, 1849I HEARTILY ACCEPT the motto-"That government is best whichgoverns least"; and I should like to see it acted up to more rapidlyand systematically. Carried out, it finally amounts to this, which also Ibelieve-"That government is best which governs not at all"; andwhen men are prepared for it, that will be the kind of governmentwhich they will have. Government is at best but an expedient; butmost governments are usually, and all governments are sometimes,inexpedient. The objections which have been brought against astanding army, and they are many and weighty, and deserve toprevail, may also at last be brought against a standing government.The standing army is only an arm of the standing government. Thegovernment itself, which is only the mode which the people havechosen to execute their will, is equally liable to be abused andperverted before the people can act through it. Witness the presentMexican war, the work of comparatively a few individuals using thestanding government as their tool; for, in the outset, the people wouldnot have consented to this measure.

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Use the excerpt from Henry David Thoreau’s On the Duty of Civil Disobedience to answer the question. Using the excerpt from Henry David Thoreau’s On the Duty of Civil Disobedience, answer (a) and (b). In 2-3 sentences, identify ONE way that Thoreau expresses his skepticism of governmental power. In 2-3 sentences, explain how Thoreau uses the Mexican-American War to support his conclusions.

Use the excerpt from Henry David Thoreau’s On the Duty of Civil Disobedience to answer the question. Using the excerpt from Henry David Thoreau’s On the Duty of Civil Disobedience, answer (a) and (b). In 2-3 sentences, identify ONE way that Thoreau expresses his skepticism of governmental power. In 2-3 sentences, explain how Thoreau uses the Mexican-American War to support his conclusions.