The government is best which makes itself unnecessary.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
That government is best which governs least.
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.
The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.
Governments are not always right.
The best form of government is that which is most likely to prevent the greatest sum of evil.
That is the best Government, which best provides for war.
I understand that government should live within its means, value the money it holds in trust from you the taxpayer, avoid waste and, above all else, observe the first maxim of good government: namely, do no avoidable harm.
Government has a rightful role, but not an excessive role, to play.
Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.
That government is not a necessary good but an unavoidable evil.