Why is limited government good?

“'Think of your least favorite presidential candidate,' the Cato Institute’s Michael Cannon recently pointed out on Twitter. 'Now imagine s/he wins. Doesn’t limiting government power seem like a good idea?' It sure does—especially when you think of the Biffs in our midst" (http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/10/22/the_biff_tannen_presidency_128499.html).