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Increasing number of people supported expanding the role of the federal government to ensure the welfare of people. Roosevelt believed the federal government should act as a "trustee" for the American people, by controlling and supervising the economy in the public interest.
When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty. Thomas Jefferson
The government should make us feel safe and confident that they have our best interest at heart.
that government should exist by the consent of the people.
According to the Declaration of Independence, the government should protect the rights the people have been given. Should the government fail in this fundamental duty, the people have the right to overthrow the government.
Government should exist with the consent of the people.
Sovereign nation-states
Thomas Jefferson. Smart man... The actual quote by Jefferson is "When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty." A variation of this was written by Alan Moore in the V for Vendetta comic book series in the late 1980s (which was made into a movie in 2005). The quote in this was: "People should not fear their government. Government should fear their people."
According to the Declaration of Independence, the government should protect the rights the people have been given. Should the government fail in this fundamental duty, the people have the right to overthrow the government.
Aristotle believed that a good government should prioritize the common good of its citizens, promote justice and equality, and be guided by wise and virtuous leaders who act in the best interest of the people.