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. The objections which have been brought against a standing army, and they are many and weighty, and deserve to prevail, may also at last be brought against a standing government.
- ISBN10 0882861301
- ISBN13 9780882861302
- Publish Date 1 January 1989 (first published August 1968)
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Imprint Charles Kerr
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 48
- Language English