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Henry David Thoreau
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Herbert Spencer
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Alexis De Tocqueville
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Harold Singvi
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Detailed explanation-1: -Henry David Thoreau is the author of the famous statement: “ That Government is the best which governs least."
Detailed explanation-2: -Thoreau argues that a better government is one in which “majorities do not virtually decide right and wrong, but conscience” (part 1, par. 4). Thoreau distinguishes the contrast between right and wrong as determined by the majority, and right and wrong as determined by each individual’s conscience.
Detailed explanation-3: -The British philosopher and economist John Stuart Mill was responsible for bringing this philosophy into popular economic usage in his Principles of Political Economy (1848), in which he set forth the arguments for and against government activity in economic affairs.