The best government rests on the people, and not on the few, on persons and not on property, on the free development of public opinion and not on authority.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.
Which government is the best? The one that teaches us to govern ourselves.
The Government of the absolute majority instead of the Government of the people is but the Government of the strongest interests; and when not efficiently checked, it is the most tyrannical and oppressive that can be devised.
The best government is the least government. In some areas, I'm libertarian. I don't subscribe to any one party; they are all bad.
Governments are not always right.
I contend that the strongest of all governments is that which is most free.
The best form of government is that which is most likely to prevent the greatest sum of evil.
A good government implies two things; first, fidelity to the objects of the government; secondly, a knowledge of the means, by which those objects can be best attained.
The government is best which makes itself unnecessary.
That government is best which governs least.