Significados de paternalistic government en inglés

He is repressed by no paternalistic government, embarrassed by no feudal system.

A paternalistic government in which the citizens had every right but no responsibility would develop beggars rather than patriots.

What is a " paternalistic government"?

"American experience indicates that what men do for themselves, on their own initiative, is better done than what paternalistic government attempts to do for them."