"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
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Government
More From Walter Lippmann
- "In government offices which are sensitive to the vehemence and passion of mass sentiment public men have no sure tenure. They are in effect perpetual office seekers, always on trial for their political lives, always required to court their restless constituents."
- "What we call a democratic society might be defined for certain purposes as one in which the majority is always prepared to put down a revolutionary minority."
- "It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf."
More In Government
- "I used to forget that I was an Indian woman. I would even forget that I was a woman. I don’t think of myself as bringing to the table a lot of ‘women’s issues.’ I don’t feel the need to write about maternity. I grew up thinking that the talented people in comedy were hard-joke writers."― Mindy Kaling
- "I believe there is something out there watching us. Unfortunately, it’s the government."― Woody Allen
- "Potentially, a government is the most dangerous threat to man’s rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims."― Ayn Rand