That government is best which governs least.... -Henry David Thoreau

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That government is best which governs least.

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Henry David Thoreau Quotes to Explore

I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual....
If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with the conscious design of doing me good, I should run for my life....
Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it till it comes to have a separate and integral interest. To regret de...
What is human warfare but just this; an effort to make the laws of God and nature take sides with one party....
While civilization has been improving our houses, it has not equally improved the men who are to inhabit them. It has created palaces, but it was not ...
It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they were divested of their clothes....
In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better aim at something high....
If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. Men will believe what they see....
The law will never make a man free; it is men who have got to make the law free....
The life which men praise and regard as successful is but one kind. Why should we exaggerate any one kind at the expense of the others?...

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The short words are best, and the old words are the best of all....
Prosperity is the best protector of principle....
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Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them....
Lots of young players have triumphed at United, so why can't it happen to me? I'm not worried I'm young - it's an incentive to do the best I can....
The man with the best job in the country is the vice-president. All he has to do is get up every morning and say, 'How is the president?'...
It is difficult to make our material condition better by the best law, but it is easy enough to ruin it by bad laws....
He who laughs best today, will also laughs last....