The role of government should be limited from "summary" of Conscience of a Conservative by Barry Goldwater
The proper function of government, as our Founding Fathers understood it, is to secure the rights of individuals and to protect the liberties guaranteed to us by the Constitution. When government exceeds this limited role, it becomes a threat to those very rights and liberties it was created to preserve. A government that seeks to provide for every need and want of its citizens inevitably becomes tyrannical, as it must exert control over every aspect of our lives in order to fulfill its promises. This expansion of government power not only erodes our freedoms, but it also hinders individual initiative and stifles innova...
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