Action Quote by Lyndon B. Johnson

The best government rests on the people, and not on the few, on persons and not on property, on the free development of public…

— George Bancroft

Government is best which governs least

— Thomas Paine

Government is at its worst when you have apathy from its citizens.

— Jesse Ventura

That government is best which governs least.

— Henry David Thoreau

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

— Henry David Thoreau

I am voting in the midterm elections because I believe that when people engage with their local government, it reminds those placed in power…

— Julien Baker

Governments and citizens blend together only in the imaginations of political theorists. Government is, and always will be, an alien power over private citizens.…

— James Bovard

In a federal structure such as ours, state governments are imperative for the smooth functioning of our overall polity. They can't just be wished…

— Pinarayi Vijayan

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

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

We have to allow people in the states to make their own decisions, to get government agencies out of the way and let local…

— Pete Sessions

It is certain, I think, that the best government is the one that governs the least. But there is a much-neglected corollary: the best…

— Wendell Berry