Government Quote by Thomas Rudman-Brown

The best government is 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

That government is best which governs least.

— Henry David Thoreau

The government that governs best, governs best!

— Jon Stewart

Which government is the best? The one that teaches us to govern ourselves.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

I contend that the strongest of all governments is that which is most free.

— Anonymous

That government that governs least governs best.

— Thomas Jefferson

Government is best which governs least

— Thomas Paine

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

— Henry David Thoreau

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

— Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

The government is best which makes itself unnecessary.

— Wilhelm von Humboldt

The government is worst which governs most.

— James Cook