What is the basic duties of government?

Answer 1

"It is the main duty of government, if it is not the sole duty of government, to provide means of protection for all its citizens" ~ Frederick Law Olmsted, "The Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Big Trees," (1865), in Landscape Architecture 43:1 (October 1952). <http://www.nps.gov/history/history/hisnps/NPSThinking/famousquotes.htm> "The primary responsibility of a government is to protect its citizens and care for them." ~ NK Menon, GP Br J Gen Pract. 2006 February 1; 56(523): 137. Copyright © British Journal of General Practice, 2006. "Genuine asylum?" <http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1828221> "The most solemn duty of government is to protect American people." ~ President Bush Office of the Press Secretary January 23, 2004 President Bush Speaks with Nation's Mayors at Winter Meeting Remarks by the President to the U.S. Conference of Mayors Capital Hilton Hotel Washington, D.C. "Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives." ~Ronald Reagan <http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/r/ronaldreag183966.html>

Answer 2

The basic duties of any government is to provide for the security of its citizens and to pass laws that improve the well being of the nation. Security means both protection from outside forces and to create and enforce laws internally that guarantee the safety of its citizens. The government must insure that every citizen is treated equally under its laws. Another basic duty is to have its citizens the right to vote for political positions in the government. Under basic duties is the freedom of speech and religion.

Answer 3

Governments defend the economic, political and social interests of the ruling class (under capitalism, the ruling one percent).