Thursday, September 11, 2008

the difference between Government and Society

Intellectual revolutionary Thomas Paine who lived in the late seventeeth century wrote an interesting comment in his book Common Sense. He said that government and society are two distinctly different entities with different origins and purposes. Today someone couldn't distiguish between society and government is what we call a liberal. Government has been created not to redistribute wealth but to keep law and order from breaking. Or at least that's what Paine intended. Thats something to think about this fall when you vote.
Seraph

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