Accepting Quote 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…

— Henry David Thoreau

“That government is best which governs least"; and I should like to see it acted up to more rapidly and systematically. Carried out, it…

— Henry David Thoreau

“The best government is that which governs least.”

— John L. O'Sullivan

That government that governs least governs best.

— Thomas Jefferson

“That government is best that governs not at all.”

— Henry David Thoreau

It is perfectly true that that government is best which governs least. It is equally true that that government is best which provides most.

— Walter Lippmann

That government is best which governs least.

— Henry David Thoreau

Government is best which governs least

— Thomas Paine

It may be true that the government that governs best governs least Unfortunately, the same is also true of the government that governs worst.

— Jane Bowles

The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.

— Henry David Thoreau

The government that governs best, governs best!

— Jon Stewart