"highest type" of human nature?

"The Republican form of government is the highest form of government;
but because of this it requires the highest type of human nature
-- a type nowhere at present existing."
-- Herbert Spencer
(1820-1903) British author, economist, philosopher
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Herbert.Spencer.Quote.2770

ziggy wrote:"The Republican form of government is the highest form of government;
but because of this it requires the highest type of human nature
-- a type nowhere at present existing."
-- Herbert Spencer
(1820-1903) British author, economist, philosopher
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Herbert.Spencer.Quote.2770

Ayn Rand hit the nail on the head regarding ideal government in my opinion. She envisioned government as providing a defence from foreign threats to liberty, the police to protect from domestic threats liberty, and a court system where disputes were settled based on objective laws and criminals faced their accusers and were judged again based on objective law. That is her vision of the whole of government.

The only way Ayn Rand's or Mr. Spencer's vision of government can exist is that people stay out of each other's business and adopt a live and let live attitude. All one has to do to see that this isn't going to happen is look over the posts on this board.