That government is best which governs least.

That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.

If... the machine of government... is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law.

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. Government is at best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments are sometimes, inexpedient.

If there is any hell more unprincipled than our rulers, and we, the ruled, I feel curious to see it.

I have climbed several higher mountains without guide or path, and have found, as might be expected, that it takes only more time and patience commonly than to travel the smoothest highway