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	The Roots of Limited Government
		The government of the United States, for all its majesty, is a government of limited powers.
		The reasons why the authors of the Constitution saw fit to limit the powers of government are set forth candidly and clearly in that extraordinary document, the Declaration of Independence, in which they explained why they were severing their political connections with the English crown.
		The Constitution is a limitation not alone upon the government.
	www.fff.org /freedom/0291c.asp (1026 words)

	The Theory of Limited Government by Per Bylund
		The theories of limited government usually revolve around the idea of a constitution or contract between the people and the government, or rather: the ruled and the rulers.
		Government is the creation of men to protect people from abusive actions of men, and its powers are and necessarily have to be defined, enforced, and limited by men.
		Since government is the ultimate power in society (which, in a sense, is the purpose of government to begin with), there will be no one having the power to object to such development.
	www.lewrockwell.com /orig6/bylund1.html (1872 words)

	Limited government - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		"Limited government" is most commonly government where its functions and powers are prescribed, limited, and restricted by law, usually in a written constitution.
		This contrasts strongly with government in Britain, certainly at the time and arguably even in modern times, where government is limited by nothing more than convention.
		In the past, Republicans identified with the concept of limited government.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Limited_government (374 words)

	An Outline and Defense of a Properly Limited Government
		Government is necessary for both these outcomes to occur; as John Locke recognized, in the state of nature—where individuals have the right to fully judge and retaliate against transgressors—it is difficult to secure objective arbitration or protection from offenders in accordance to justice and not mere physical power.
		This assures that the government will be based on the unanimous consent of its constituents—since every citizen has the option to withhold funding from a government he disapproves of.
		A properly limited government will dispose of the coercive ideas of democracy, majority rule, and the “one man, one vote” principle—which allow the opinions of a majority of the population to regulate and even destroy a minority individual’s life.
	rationalargumentator.com /properlylimitedgovt.html (1265 words)

	Minarchy: A Functionalist Argument for Limited Government
		Families, churches, schools, businesses, professional associations, etc. -- all are institutions, but are not governments because they lack an essential property that distinguishes governments from other institutions of society: they do not require the use of force or the threat of force to accomplish their essential functions.
		Governments are institutions that DO require force or the threat of force to accomplish their essential functions.
		Justice against them must be prosecuted without their consent, and any government doing so operates without the "legal" sanction of the "consent of the governed," and only with the moral sanction of the principle of justice.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/kvc/minarch.htm (3112 words)

	Principle 5. Limited Government
		This philosophy asserts that the self-governing people allow any government they may organize to possess, by grant from them, only the limited and few powers with which the people think the particular government may sensibly be entrusted in order to serve their purposes without endangering their rights--their liberties or freedoms.
		"Limited" means limited by a written Constitution adopted by the sovereign people as their basic law--never changing in its meaning, as originally intended by The Framers and Adopters, except subject to change by the people only by amendments at any time and to any extent they may see fit.
		The limitation of government's power, by a written Constitution adopted by the people (by the electorate), is the main distinguishing characteristic of a Republic.
	www.lexrex.com /enlightened/AmericanIdeal/yardstick/pr5.html (1856 words)

	Efficiency versus Personalism: Competing Rationales for Limited Government (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Therefore, the trick to determining the optimal scope of governance is to establish a societal balance sheet that compares the policy-induced assets of the winners to the policy-induced liabilities of the losers.
		The case for limited government, then, is a fact-driven argument that the lost utility of the losing parties is outweighed by the gains of the winners.
		By all appearances, the educational output of the government and that of the family are substitutable, albeit imperfectly.
	www.acton.org /publicat/books/limitgov/efficiency.html (2634 words)

	Why Limit Government?
		Whenever we make the case for limiting government, we ought to use the opportunity to remind others that we are opposed to excessive government because we are in favor of some very positive, important things.
		We want to limit government because we want to strengthen the institutions of civil society that tend to shrink as government grows--institutions such as the family, church, synagogue, mosque, community, and the many voluntary associations that Alexis de Tocqueville recognized as the bedrock of American liberty and self-reliance.
		We want to limit government because we have learned something from the thousands of years of experience with it; that it ought properly to be confined to certain minimal, but critical, functions and otherwise leave us alone.
	www.heritage.org /Research/PoliticalPhilosophy/hl843.cfm (1845 words)

	The Future of Limited Government
		Disregard of inherent limits in the effective exercise of the Court's "judicial Power" not only presages the futility of judicial intervention in the essentially political conflicts...(but it) may well impair the Court's position as the ultimate organ of `the supreme Law of the Land' in that vast range of legal problems.
		Assuming that a democratic society may be defined roughly as a process of limited majority rule with some minimum of equality of opportunity to achieve the values of that society, then it may be legitimately contended that democracy has no meaning with the freedoms in the Bill of Rights.
		This far-reaching reaffirmation of the principle of limited government was due in large measure to medical advances rendering abortion techniques relatively safe for women.
	academic.regis.edu /jriley/lmtedgov.htm (7552 words)

	TCS Daily : Links
		A non-partisan research and educational institute whose mission is to promote conservative public policies based free enterprise, limited and accountable government, individual freedom and a reverence for traditional values.
		The American Enterprise Institute is dedicated to preserving and strengthening the foundations of freedom--limited government, private enterprise, vital cultural and political institutions, and a strong foreign policy and national defense--through scholarly research, open debate, and publications.
		Its mission is to advocate market-based solutions in the regionâs economic transition by contributing research on a range of important issues; to promote a democratic, market-oriented, free society by encouraging public debate; and to achieve policy reform in the region by increasing citizens' understanding of market-oriented policies.
	www.tcsdaily.com /links.aspx (2485 words)

	The Delusion of Limited Government
		The courts are continually declaring that the "necessary and proper" clause "is not limited to," or that the "commerce clause" is "not confined to," or that some other grant "does not restrict" the government in some way.
		Once an agency of force has been set up to govern the lives of people, there are no words or other magical incantations to which resort may be had to guarantee the limited exercise of such powers.
		Suppose that the Constitution limited the federal government to only one function: to "regulate time." Play around with such words, yourself, and you will see how the present federal power structure could be rationalized from such "limited" authority.
	www.lewrockwell.com /shaffer/shaffer17.html (1156 words)

	The Mahablog » Why Limited Government?
		Certainly the powers of government must be limited — the power to censor, the power to search and seize property, the power to intrude on citizens’; private lives generally — but placing artificial limits on the size and functions of government doesn’t restrict government as must as it restricts the will of the people.
		I would also argue that ‘limited government’ can be achieved only by people who genuinely believe in the government’s potential as a positive force (aka ‘liberals’).
		Government should be limited to guard itself and the people from its excesses.
	www.mahablog.com /2006/12/18/why-limited-government (3271 words)

	Limited government and the role of the state
		That is, the idea that there is such a thing as a limited area of power and authority for the state - a delimitation of its proper sphere, beyond which, it is improper for the state to trespass.
		The motivating factor being that of economic efficiency or economic rationalism and not the appreciation of the importance of individual liberty and limited government.
		Yet it is also true that such a government would have clearly limited functions and would refrain from a host of activities that are now undertaken by federal and state governments in the United States, and their counterparts in other Western countries.
	www.ourcivilisation.com /cooray/westdem/chap6.htm (1323 words)

	WorldNetDaily: 'Limited government' is dead (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Ronald Reagan was one of the greatest orators and supporter in favor of limited government, but his administration didn't greatly decrease the size of the federal government.
		The second reason the "limited government" term is dead goes hand-in-hand with the first.
		Thus, anyone can talk about fewer taxes, eliminating government waste and limiting government, but they can't be called on the carpet about their statements, because no one really knows what limited government is. Or maybe politicians don't want to admit the real definition of limited government in this nation.
	www.worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=39265 (645 words)

	Jim Rongstad - Return to Limited Government
		When government is given the power to force others to pay for what you think is important, it is also given the power to force you to pay for what others think is important.
		To give government the power to take the property of taxpayers and to bestow it upon another individual (or organization) is still robbery even if it is done under the law and called taxation.
		Government power encourages more government growth because when the government grants favors or subsidizes one group, it causes other groups to seek similar favors or subsidies.
	www.angelfire.com /mn/rongstadliberty/CampaignFinanceRefrm.html (1036 words)

	Limited government and economic freedom undermined
		The duty of an elected government is not only to submit itself to periodic elections but also to conduct the affairs of the state in accordance with public opinion.
		The strategy of these governments is to make their policies work by making deals with powerful interest groups such as trade unions, big business and special interest groups like the environmentalists, feminists and peace groups.
		On questions of policy vitally affecting the public, governments have repeatedly chosen not to consult with the electorate as a whole but with groups which despite their power and influence, fail to represent the views of the vast majority of Australians.
	www.ourcivilisation.com /cooray/westdem/chap7.htm (641 words)

	Limited Federal Government
		This study is limited to the analysis of cases and actions leading to the resurrection of the Constitution of the United States as the respected Law of the Land and the limiting of the central government to the size envisioned by our Founding Fathers.
		The Constitution limits the federal government land ownership to the Capitol, forts, postal roads, etc. Ownership of parks, forests and water is unconstitutional.
		The federal government is limited to the mandates of the Constitution of the United States.
	www.uhuh.com /action/govltd/govsmall.htm (9471 words)

	Campaign 2000: Bush comes out for limited government (6/16/99)
		Government should not try to be all things to all people," Bush said.
		In general, the leading GOP candidate says he advocates a "limited" government.
		Bush said he would try to make it easier for the federal government and faith-based groups to work together in an "army of compassion" that would attack problems like drugs and poverty.
	www.govexec.com /dailyfed/0699/061699b1.htm (565 words)

	Returning to a Constitutionally Limited Government, by Jay Banks
		The IRS is far from being the only government agency that has thrown the Constitution to the wind.
		The ability to document unconstitutional actions by the federal government is limited only by the amount of space given to write.
		This is not possible in the regulatory branch of the government, the majority of whom are not elected nor held accountable to the people.
	reformed-theology.org /html/issue10/limited_government.htm (740 words)

	SmallGovTimes.com :: McCain demands commitment to limited government
		We were elected to reduce the size of government and enlarge the sphere of free and private initiative.
		And Americans have fought and died for limited government and the rule of law for well over two hundred years, in places as close to home as Brandywine Creek and as far away as Iwo Jima, at Gettysburg and Khe Sanh, at Kandahar and at Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
		“By limiting government in these ways, the founders attempted to ensure that no one branch could dominate the others, that the federal government could not usurp state powers, and that one individual asserting his rights could stop the entire machinery of government from taking away his freedom.
	www.smallgovtimes.com /story/06nov20.mccain.limited.government (3200 words)

	The Ethics of Liberty by Murray N. Rothbard
		If the laissez-fairists object that the government should not build steel plants or shoe factories and provide them to consumers (either free or for sale) because tax-coercion had been employed in constructing these plants, well then the same objection can of course be made to governmental police or judicial service.
		The government should be acting no more immorally from the laissez-faire point of view, when providing housing or steel than when providing police protection.
		Government limited to protection, then, cannot be sustained even within the laissez-faire ideal itself, much less from any other consideration.
	www.mises.org /rothbard/ethics/twentythree.asp (2955 words)

	"What didn't go right?" - Salon.com
		President Bush's absurd question underscores the arrogance of an administration whose "limited government" agenda is responsible for the disastrous federal response to Katrina.
		Under Bush, government has been "limited" only in certain weak spots, like levees, while in other spots it has vastly expanded into a behemoth subsisting on the greatest deficit spending in our history.
		State and local governments have not been empowered, but rendered impotent, in the face of circumstances beyond their means in which they have desperately requested federal intervention.
	dir.salon.com /story/opinion/blumenthal/2005/09/08/limited_government/index.html (977 words)

	House Conservatives Steer Course For Return to Limited Government Human Events - Find Articles
		While Ronald Reagan said famously, "Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem," many Republicans-even many who call themselves conservatives-had begun to see government as the solution to every social ill. This was a historic departure from the limited-government tradition of our party.
		And we know that liberty also means freedom from the unbridled growth of government and its attendant burdens of debt, escalating taxes and suffocating bureaucracy.
		As we navigate off of these fixed truths, the way forward is clear: After four years of the largest growth in entitlement and discretionary spending in more than a half-century, we must rediscover the principles of limited government that brought our party to power in 1980 and 1994 and put them into practice.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3827/is_200411/ai_n9464059 (720 words)

	Role of Limited Government in a free society
		I would agree that the appropriate role of a "limited" government in a free society is to settle disputes and maintain the public order.
		The government does not have any business intruding into people's personal lives or any behavior or belief that does not affect other people absent their free and voluntary consent.
		The government should stay out of purely private personal matters such as individual religious beliefs (and rituals or practices that do not infringe the equal rights of others) or choices about lifestyle and sexuality that do not infringe the rights of voluntary, consensual partners.
	www.wordwiz72.com /govt.html (2508 words)

	Whole Number 57 - August 1992
		Purely and simply then, government is organized force, it has a monopoly on legal coercion; and it can do more than voluntary groups only because it can force its will on those who disagree.
		For there can be no decline in the calls upon government to "do something" about such things as poverty, the homeless, the aged, and the sick until the force and violence that must support such governmental actions are recognized - and morally condemned.
		Although I did not state flatly that no government could be morally justified, the series of questions I asked lead to that answer.
	users.aol.com /vlntryst/wn57.html (1417 words)

	Renewing Our Commitment to Limited Government (Site not responding. Last check: )
		We believed we could reduce the size and scope of government and halt the slow march to socialism embodied in the welfare-state politics of the left.
		Yet instead of giving the President the limited benefit he requested, Congress set sail to create the largest new entitlement since 1965--a massive one-size-fits-all entitlement that would place trillions in obligations on our children and grandchildren without giving any thought about how to pay for it.
		Conservatives in the House were faced with a difficult choice: Oppose the President we love or support the expansion of the big government we hate.
	www.heritage.org /Research/GovernmentReform/hl839.cfm (2893 words)

	SoulCast - limited government
		I think that perhaps the government should take this gentleman seriously and do some in depth testing and research that is unbiased.
		The thing that gets me is marijuana, or cannibis, is a schedule 1 drug meaning that the federal government has not recognized it has medicinal purposes.
		Yet, the federal government is the only agency that can prescribe it.
	www.soulcast.com /post/show/38851/limited-government (291 words)

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