Government
From Ballotpedia
A government is "the organization, that is the governing authority of a political unit,"[1] "the ruling power in a political society,"[2] and the apparatus through which a governing body functions and exercises authority.[3] "Government, with the authority to make laws, to adjudicate disputes, and to issue administrative decisions, and with a monopoly of authorized force where it fails to persuade, is an indispensable means, proximately, to the peace of communal life."[4] "A compulsory territorial monopolist of protection and jurisdiction equipped with the power to tax without unanimous consent."[5] Statist theorists maintain that the necessity of government derives from the fact that the people need to live in communities, yet personal autonomy must be constrained in these communities.
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- ↑ Wordnet Search 3.0: Government
- ↑ LoveToKnow: 1911 Encyclopedia: Government
- ↑ American 760
- ↑ Adler 80-81
- ↑ Hoppe, Hans-Hermann (2003). The Myth of National Defense, 8. ISBN 0-945466-37-4.
