After refusing to pay the poll tax, Thoreau was put in jail for one night; this night let his mind go far beyond the cell's borders and wrote civil disobedience. In civil disobedience, Thoreau discusses moral needs by which conscience is the only leader for one's mind. The government is taking control of everything, even the thoughts of the people; but, unfortunately, it couldn't access Thoreau's mind. Every person is born on his or her own nature not what he or she is obliged to do. The issue is like when the acorn and chestnut fall side by side, each one grows on its own with its own nature regardless of the way the other grows. Also, he says that by paying taxes and following the rules one is not convinced with, he or she became a reason behind the slavery occurring and the Mexican war. Moreover, Thoreau's principle was very simple; as long as the person's conscience is still alive, never let the government to compromise it even when it order's the to do so.
