evidence: In September 2014, PolitiFact Georgia checked a similar claim by U.S. Rep. Jody Hice, R-Georgia, who at the time was running for the seat he now holds. Hice attributed this quote to Jefferson in a tweet: "That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves." [...] Walker said it was Thomas Jefferson who said "that government is best which governs least." [...] Thomas Jefferson Foundation, "That government is best which governs least," Aug. 28, 2014