"that government is best which governs least"

I think Thoreau meant that the government which doesn't take a big role in society is a better government than one that controls their people. I strongly agree with this statement because the Chinese government wasn't good when they were a communistic country because they could control the citizens, whereas the American government is good in the fact that they don't control there people. Another good thing for a government that doesn't control is that they can have free-thinkers create the next technological achievement, which in turn they can export for money.