On the duty of civil disobedience

I found that I really liked this reading. It was Relatively easy enough to digest. Thoreau starts of by making the quote which I very  much like, "The government is best which governs least." He then continues to explain his opinion of government and how it should relate to the people. A lot of quotes that I really liked were in this reading. One being, "I think that we should be men first, and subjects afterward. It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right." Meaning, the reason and intentions of the law should always be respected more than actual government authority. Another, "The character of the voters is not staked. I cast my vote, perchance, as I think right; but I am not vitally concerned that that right should prevail. I am willing to leave it to the majority. Its obligation, therefore, never exceeds that of expediency. Even voting for the right is doing nothing for it. It is only expressing to men feebly your desire that it should prevail. A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority." Explaining that simply voting for the 'good' isn't always 'good enough'.   and more indirectly, just because the government says it's so, doesn't mean it is so, or should be so.