What do you think about this quote that talks about government and people?

Question: What do you think about this quote that talks about government and people!?

"You cannot extend the mastery of government over the daily working life of the people without, at the same time, making it master for the people's souls and thoughts!."
H!.HooverWww@QuestionHome@Com

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That government is best which governs least!.
H!. D!. Thoreau

I think that Hoover was calling attention to the fact that citizens don't like their lives to be meddled with (and honestly who does!?)!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I expect he said that as justification for resisting doing anything about the Depression!. He was solidly against intervening in the so-called "free" market, much like today's Libertarians but much UNlike modern conservatives!.Www@QuestionHome@Com