politics

[vinupd]

who said this "that government is the best that governs the least
"

[shaneystar2]

Thomas Paine perhaps....or could have been anybody !
http://faculty.virginia.edu/setear/courses/ila w/leastdig.htm

[nomadmark18]

Henry Thoreau, US 19th C. philosopher in "Civil Disobedience." If your looking for quotes, reference, phrases, thesaurus entries, English Usage, etc. the site bartleby.com is excellent.

Nomadmark18.

[VS Prasad]

That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves - Thomas Jefferson

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