Thomas Jefferson That Government Is Best Which Governs Least
The government which governs best. Did Thomas Jefferson really believe That government is best which governs least. President Jefferson Quote On The Best Government Is The Least Government Thomas Jefferson Quotes Jefferson Quotes Thomas Jefferson The government that governs best governs the least Classical Liberalism. . Wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence. That government is best which governs least is a motto with which Henry David Thoreau opens his pamphlet Civil Disobedience. By Eyler Robert Coates Sr. The government which governs least governs best. The best government is the one that governs less. The phrase that government is best which governs least is often credited to Henry David Thoreau in his 1849 Civil Disobedience or Resistance to Civil Government Its also sometimes credited to Thomas Jefferson or John Locke but although it might capture well some of their thinking to my knowledge it doesn...