Which sentence best summarizes the passage? Read the passage from "On the Duty of Civil
Disobedience" by Henry David Thoreau.
I heartily accept the motto, — "That government is best
which governs least," and I should like to see it acted
up to more rapidly and systematically. Carried out, it
finally amounts to this, which also I believe-"That
government is best which governs not at all;" and
when men are prepared for it, that will be the kind of
government which they will have. Government is at
best but an expedient; but most governments are
usually, and all governments are sometimes,
inexpedient. 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. The standing
army is only an arm of the standing government. The
government itself, which is only the mode which the
O Thoreau believes that a standing army is only part
of a government
O Thoreau believes that government is problematic
and inefficiently run
O Thoreau believes that mottos about government do
not adequately describe it
O Thoreau believes that people should prepare for a
day when there is no government.