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The American philosophy of government emphasizes that - (1) Individual rights are sacred and it is necessary to establish a government in the protection of these rights. (2) All the powers of government are derived from the people, who retain the supreme authority over all delegated powers of government. (3) Individual rights are not permitted to be exercised in the contravention of the rights of society. Individual liberty is always bounded by social obligations . (4) Government is exercised for the purpose of protecting the individual in his rights. (5) Governmental powers are delegated to the National, State, or local authority, and are limited in their exercise by provisions of the Constitution as interpreted and defined by the Supreme Court. (6) All rights not thus delegated are recognized as the inviolable right of the individual citizen and can not be usurped by any governmental power. 7) The Government of the United States is not a democracy but a Republic. |
