"That government is best which governs least."-Thoreau

This quote by Henry David Thoreau means that the government is basically taking over every aspect of our lives, with healthcare, education, social security, etc. He is saying that the government works best when leaving the people alone for once and should only interfere when necessary. For me it means that the government should not make all of the decisions and would just be in place to keep some sort of order, and that people should be able to at least govern themselves individually. I do agree with this quote. Our government is trying to take on too much and fix everything it can, for example, the economy, healthcare, and war. By trying to fix things they are just making everything worse and turning this country and it's people into ruin. On the other hand, some sort of government is vital for a country to survive and at least be stable, because let's face it: if the government was barely involved in this country you can't expect for people to govern themselves perfectly. Down to the core humans are fickle and selfish and things would turn to madness and chaos. We might even be worse off than we would be with a government. So there are two sides to this quote, the blame needs to be shared between the government and the very nature of humans.