Government
idea · 2 works · 2 mentions · 5 anchored passages
also in the atlas: Government the group
government · form of government · legitimate government · the association
in the texts
An Essay on the Trial by Jury
The theorized voluntary association whose legitimate authority is bounded by universal member consent.
Legitimate government can be formed only by the voluntary association of all who contribute to its support.
A government of the whole, therefore, must necessarily confine itself to the administration of such principles of law as all the people, who contribute to the support of the government, can comprehend and see the justice of.
If any of the members wish more than this,—if they claim to have acquired a more extended knowledge of justice than is common to all, and wish to have their pretended discoveries carried into effect, in reference to themselves,—they must either form a separate association for that purpose, or be content to wait until they can make their views intelligible to the people at large.
Common Sense
Political institution arising from human moral failure, whose true end is freedom and security
Here then is the origin and rise of government;
Society is produced by our wants, and government by our wickedness;
Society in every state is a blessing, but Government even in its best state is but a necessary evil;