Principles of Good Government
Limited Government:
My view for the need of a limited government is colored by two fundamental beliefs: (1) I believe God created each of us with the ability to reason and act for ourselves, therefore government should respect my ability to make good and wise decsions that will benefit me and my vamily, and (2) I believe that power seeks more of her own, therefore I have a natural distrust where a concentration of power exists. With respect to the last one, I even convict myself. I know my own human nature to overextend what little authority I may have at work, at home or elsewhere. It is a part of human nature that as soon as we get some authority, as we suppose, we tend to abuse it.
Bastiat a Great Thinker on the Virtues of Limited Gov’t
I just finished reading (for the second time) the book, “The Law,” by Frederic Bastiat. This is the first political philosophy book I ever read, and I would highly recommend it to anyone beginning their journey into understanding what good government looks like. An added bonus is that the book is only 70 pages long.
BASTIAT to the Socialist Intellectual:
“Oh sublime writers! Please remember sometimes that this clay, this sand, and this manure which you so arbitrarily dispose of, are men. They are your equals! They are intelligent and free human beings like yourselves! As you have, they too have received from God the faculty to observe, to plan ahead, to think and to judge for themselves!”
BASTIAT on the Nature of Men:
“But there is another tendency that is common among people. When they can, they wish to live and prosper at the expense of others…The annals of history bear witness to the truth of it: the incessant wars, mass migrations, religious persecutions, universal slavery, dishonesty in commerce and monopolies.”
