(1) The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only legitimate object of good government. - Thomas Jefferson, letter to The Republican Citizens of Washington County, Maryland — 1809
(2) Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. - Declaration of Independence, 1776
Both quotes go to the heart of what good government is supposed to be (no apologies to Paul Weyrich's twisted view of it) - government functions best when it stays within the confines of the rules set forth for it in the Constitution, protects the nation's borders, ensures that no one falls through the cracks and preserves the common good.
Do those things effectively and efficiently and you got my vote.
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