Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) was an American philosopher, author, poet, abolitionist, and naturalist. He was famous for his essay “Civil Disobedience” and his book Walden. He believed in individual conscience and nonviolent acts of political resistance to protest unjust laws. Additionally, he appreciated the importance of observing nature, being individual and living a simple life according to one's own values. His writings later influenced the thoughts of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. In "Civil Disobedience" and Walden, he advocated nonviolent individual resistance to the unjust state and reflected his simple life in nature. In “Civil Disobedience,” Thoreau said government should be timely and conscientious. He began his essay with his motto: “The best government is the one that governs the least” and “The best government is the one that governs not at all.” He meant that we didn't need a government that made rules and that the government should let people do what they wanted. He believed that government should be timely, not inopportune. “Government is, at best, only an expedient; but most governments are generally, and all governments are sometimes, inexpedient. He used many examples to justify the government's ineffectiveness. One of them was the Mexican-American War. “Witness the current Mexican War, the work of a relatively small number of individuals using the existing government as their tool; because, initially, the people would not have consented to this measure…” This was inappropriate because the war was only a tool for a few powerful individuals and did not have the consent of the multitude. He believed that the government should help most people, not just a wealthy few. Moreover, the minority rules, middle of paper......ness. We should simply “love our lives, however poor” because the poor would produce “the most sugar and the most starch.” Therefore, we should be unique and should never worry about money in this material world. To conclude, Thoreau believed that people should be governed by conscience and that people should fight against injustice through non-violence according to “Civil Disobedience”. Additionally, he believed we should simplify our lives and take time to learn our essence in nature. Furthermore, he believed that tradition and money were not important, as he demonstrated in his book Walden. I suggested that people learn from Thoreau to live deliberately and spend more time going into nature instead of watching television, playing computer games, and other things, so that we can discover who we are and attempt to build foundations on our own identity. dreams.