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vinupd | 18:46 Fri 18th May 2007 | Phrases & Sayings
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who said this "that government is the best that governs the least
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Thomas Paine perhaps....or could have been anybody !
http://faculty.virginia.edu/setear/courses/ila w/leastdig.htm
20:03 Fri 18th May 2007
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Henry Thoreau, US 19th C. philosopher in "Civil Disobedience." If your looking for quotes, reference, phrases, thesaurus entries, English Usage, etc. the site bartleby.com is excellent.

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00:00 Sat 19th May 2007
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That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves - Thomas Jefferson

It is perfectly true that that government is best which governs least. It is equally true that that government is best which provides most - Walter Lippmann

13:00 Tue 07th Aug 2007

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