Ralph Waldo Emerson

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This is probably the perfect discription of a 'Conservative' form of Government, not a 'Nannie' you can't do this Government but 'Conservative' in that it does not interfere except when people step over the agreed lines of crime, corruption, and lack of delivery of services.

I'm a bit of a Tory too

Emerson’s views on politics championed democracy and individualism, two ideas that are viewed today as undoubtedly American. By 1844, Emerson, then 41, had moved into a pragmatic balance of skepticism and idealism, happily providing him with “a way to dream as well as a way to live”.[1] A quintessential American voice, Emerson believed that civilization was only beginning and could reach unfathomable places through moral force and creative intelligence.[2] This alone is not a reason to blindly follow the footsteps before us. Remember, he says, “The law is just a memorandum.” This gives rise to the most popular quote in this essay: “The less government we have the better.” (wikipedia)