Henry David Thoreau — "I heartily accept the motto, — 'That government is best which governs least'; an…"

I heartily accept the motto, — 'That government is best which governs least'; and I should like to see it acted up to more rapidly and systematically. Carried out, it finally amounts to this, which also I believe, — 'That government is best which governs not at all'; and when men are prepared for it, that will be the kind of government which they will have.
Henry David Thoreau — Henry David Thoreau Modern · Civil disobedience, Walden

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Civil Disobedience

Date: 1849

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