Purpose Of Government

What is the purpose of government? A question like this can lead to several different answers and so many more controversies. One of these controversies in reality is democrats and republicans. In my opinion, I believe that the purpose of government is to protect everyone, to help, and to be there for eachother. If we were not there for eachother then, we would only have ourselves, and there would be chaos, and then there would be no government. In the excerpts of the Magna Carta it states, “To no one will we sell, to no one will we refuse or delay, right or justice.” This quote helps summarize my idea of government. I agree with the enlightenment philosopher, John Locke whose main idea was natural rights. In The Declaration it states, “and
Some of these ideas included, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and freedom of the press, due process of law, including protection from unfair imprisonment, and trial by jury protecting people from “cruel and unusual punishment”. According to “English Bill of Rights of 1689”, “The most important Articles of the 1689 English Bill of Rights are as follows: A frequently summoned Parliament and free elections. Members should have freedom of speech in Parliament. No armies should be raised in peacetime. No taxes could be levied, without the authority of parliament. Laws should not be dispensed with, or suspended, without the consent of parliament. No excessive fines should imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.” This statement is talking about how these articles that were in the English Bill of Rights were so important to the colonists that they carried them over to America and made them our laws as
The Mayflower Compact was a document drafted in 1620 that shaped American ideas about government by stating in Source 3A, “...enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.” This statement explains that the colonists would be obedient and follow rules if it was for the general good of the colony. The Great Law of Peace was a great influence to the Founders, who influenced the American Constitution. According to Source 5A, “Faithkeeper Oren Lyons, an Onondaga, states, ‘The Great Law of Peace includes "freedom of speech, freedom of religion, [and] the right of women to participate in government.’” This just concludes that the Great Law of Peace influenced the Founders and helped us shape our government, in terms of freedom of speech and freedom of