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Quote by: Osborn F Enready  The government draws its power from SANCTION and CONSCENT of the people, and its JOB is to ENFORCE our rights in law, as well as protect them FROM legal abridgement.
We are OUR OWN governors, which is why this nation was a government of the people, by the people, for the people, and why we reserve the right of revolt should our government veer from that role.
The Constitution and Bill of Rights take the place, and eradicate the need for a "seated King" or "Governor", since we are self-governed. |
Not really a disagreement. Rather a difference in terminology.
While we the people are the ones that give the government the power to act on our behalf in respect to our rights, the purpose behind ceding them that power is to limit certain behaviors that are ours to give them, thus avoiding anarchy.
When we allow them enactment of a law to prohibit driving while intoxicated, we are ceding our ability to drive while intoxicated, giving the state the power to take measures to punish such behavior.
When we elect a representative to vote an issue at the state or federal level, we have ceded our right to a direct vote, in order to avoid the negative affects of a pure, majority vote democracy.
We are governed, albeit, at least theoretically, voluntarily. As such, no one man can decide that the government does not apply to him.