Believe Quote by Stephen Colbert

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 that governs least governs best.

— Thomas Jefferson

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

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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

That government is best which governs least.

— Henry David Thoreau

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

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

The government that governs best, governs best!

— Jon Stewart

Government governed least is government governed best.

— Thomas Jefferson

Government is best which governs least

— Thomas Paine

Which is the best government? That which teaches us to govern ourselves.

— Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

The best government is not the one that you can serve in the longest, but the government that's closest to the people.

— George Brauchler