Citizen Representation by Sura, September 11
Representation is fundamental to the history of our Democracy. Cries of “No taxation without representation” or “When in the Course of human events…” are at the core of what it means to be American.
As our Declaration of Independence says, “Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, –That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government.”
When the government no longer represents the governed, it is time for change. We can wait until it’s so bad that only a revolution will suffice. Or we can evolve now, as the “governed” to consent to a new kind of governance, one that is of the people, by the people, for the people, is responsive to the people.
11 Sep 2007 | 11:08 am | Representation
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