Do you equate your country with its government, or do you consider your country more or less its people?
Regardless of whether the majorities of the two agreed, which would you put first in situations of, for example, external or internal war - the people or the government? Keep in mind that a government can be reconstituted from the people.
I have seen that liberal individuals have a more 'the country is the people' mindset, whereas I'm not sure about what some conservatives believe about this.
Please keep to polite discourse - I think my question is reasonable enough.
2007-07-02 13:12:24 · 8 answers · asked by Katharine D 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
I think both parties forget too often that this goverment is "...by, for, and of the people." We are a great country, but we get the government we deserve. We decide at the ballot box what kind of government we have. We haven't made very good decisions of late, and I'm including myself in this. We are greater than our government. We're a great people, and we deserve better.
2007-07-08 14:33:53 · answer #1 · answered by jorst 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well i have to say is this a true Conservative doesn't believe in government. if any person who truly believes in government and how the politics work isn't a true Conservative. Conservatives believe in Capitalism which has proven to work better than government at times. But that wasn't your Question Right? This country was founded by People who didn't like government or higher authority so they placed the power as equally as possible between the three, President, Congress, Judicial. they didn't want one to over trump the other and the people are suppose to be the owners. Think of this your an owner of a business you have three employees the President, the Congress, and the Judicial. This is what the government should understand is that the people are the Boss and the politicians are the employees.
2007-07-05 13:01:26 · answer #2 · answered by Rich O 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I consider the 2 to be the same. The government is elected by the people. In war the Country should stand behind its elected government to defend itself. Thats one of the reasons we wrote the Constitution, "to provide for the common defence". And when has a government been "reconstituted" from the people? The one example of this I know of happened in 1918 in Russia, in that case the new government was not an improvement on the old.
2007-07-09 16:00:39 · answer #3 · answered by smsmith500 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am Australian.
Our present Federal Government is the Liberal Party, which is a conservative party. This looks likely to change with this year's election and it is expected the Labor Party (left) might take Government.
Australians like to think of themselves as honest people who look after their mates and give people a fair go. For this reason I would say we as a nation are bigger than our present Government because they have been exposed as liars (WMD in Iraq?), shady dealers (wheat/cash for weapons scandal with Iraq), and bigots.
From an extreme left point of view Australians are also very proud of their countryside so climate change is a very depressing topic here at the moment. Again our present Federal government has done almost nothing for 10 years with respect to the environment so I expect the Greens Party might also get a bigger vote this year.
Peace to all mankind! Remember oxygen knows no borders.
2007-07-06 22:04:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well I am not a liberal I am a Libertarian but I feel like answering this.
The government is there to serve the American people.
How I look at it I am a New Mexican first and an American second. I hold more pride in state power than in Federal power. I also hope that we get to have a civil war soon because the storms brewing.
2007-07-02 13:19:17 · answer #5 · answered by Rek T 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Your question is not only a reasonable one, it's a really nice one.
I'm only "conservative" on few very specific things, so I'll refrain and begin looking through the other answers now.
I'm quite curious myself
what may possibly come out of this question.
2007-07-02 18:13:02 · answer #6 · answered by roostershine 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I really doesn't matter what conservatives or liberals think or what their mindset is does it? That's what we have a constitution for huh?
2007-07-02 13:18:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
...with all due respect, please read the Declaration of Independence and then the Constitution... You'll need to take great notice at the phrase ..."We the People" (not we the Democrats or we the Republicans)....
2007-07-09 10:28:21 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋