The best government is the one that governs least (Berry)
June 2nd, 2006 | Published in Life, Politics, Quotes
It is certain, I think, that the best government is the one that governs least. But there is a much-neglected corollary: the best citizen is the one who least needs governing. The answer to big government is not private freedom, but private responsibility.
–Wendell Berry, “The Loss of the Future” in The Long-Legged House (1969), p. 57