An excellent talk given by Elder Dallin H. Oaks. I highly recommend it!!
Showing posts with label politics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label politics. Show all posts
5.29.2009
The Proper Role of Government
Today I heard a quote that I believe is true, and important and not understood by most, especially by our current government (nor was it very well understood by many of those in our government in the last few years):
The proper role of government is to protect equal right's, not to provide equal things.
Also, here is a slide show that I've seen lately that helped me understand more clearly the form of government the Founding Fathers set up for us, namely a republic, and how important that has been to the success of the United States of America. http://www.wimp.com/thegovernment/
The proper role of government is to protect equal right's, not to provide equal things.
Also, here is a slide show that I've seen lately that helped me understand more clearly the form of government the Founding Fathers set up for us, namely a republic, and how important that has been to the success of the United States of America. http://www.wimp.com/thegovernment/
3.08.2009
Quote for the day
A people may prefer a free government, but if...they are unequal to the exertions necessary for preserving it; if they will not fight for it when it is directly attacked; ...if by momentary discouragement, or temporary panic, or a fit of enthusiasm for an individual, they can be induced to lay their liberties at the feet even of a great man, or trust him with powers which enable him to subvert their institutions, in all these cases they are more or less unfit for liberty....and [are] unlikely long to enjoy it.
John Stuart Mill. Considerations of Representative Government. 1861.
John Stuart Mill. Considerations of Representative Government. 1861.
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