Answer:
In this quote, Thoreau means to address the problems with reformers that they love 'to talk' better than acting on it.
Explanation:
The given quote is taken from Henry David Thoreau's 'Civil Disobedience'.
In the given quote, Thoreau is talking about reformists who profess to call for immediate actions to taken but fail to take actions themselves. He said that such reformists love to talk rather than acting on those plans or actions needed to be taken. He asserts that reformists who seek government to approve their petition 'love better to talk' than to act on it.
He asserts that reforms are kept from taking place when matter of voting, to keep majority over minority comes and takes over. Such votings becomes a proxy for actions.
