
Saunders v. Saunders (1897), L. R. Prob. D. [1897], p. 95.
Source: Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States (1804) https://books.google.com/books?id=Wxm9qWvls8YC&pg=PR3
Saunders v. Saunders (1897), L. R. Prob. D. [1897], p. 95.
p, 125
The Morals of Economic Irrationalism (1920)
“The best government is that which governs least.”
Motto of United States Magazine and Democratic Review. First used in introductory essay by editor John L. O'Sullivan in the premier issue (October, 1837, p. 6 http://books.google.com/books?id=HGtJAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA6&dq=%22governs+least%22). Attributed to Jefferson by Henry David Thoreau, this statement is cited in his essay on civil disobedience, but the quote has not been found in Jefferson's own writings. It is also commonly attributed to Thomas Paine, perhaps because of its similarity in theme to many of his well-documented expressions such as "Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one."
Misattributed
Variant: "That government is best which governs least"; reported in Paul F. Boller, Jr., and John George, They Never Said It: A Book of Fake Quotes, Misquotes, & Misleading Attributions (1989), p. 56
Source: The Province of Jurisprudence Determined (1832), p. 224
"Party of Traitors," http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=50375 WorldNetDaily.com, May 26, 2006.
2000s, 2006
From Discussion with BG Kher and others, 15 August 1940. Gandhi's Wisdom Box (1942), edited by Dewan Ram Parkash, p. 67 also in Collected works of Mahatma Gandhi Vol. 79 (PDF) http://www.gandhiserve.org/cwmg/VOL079.PDF, p. 122
1940s
Full Court Reference in Memory of The Late Justice M. Hidayatullah
17 U.S. (4 Wheaton) 316, 405
McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
Osborn v. Bank of the United States, 22 U.S. (9 Wheaton) 738, 866 (1824)